#leaves

The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship. ↗

— George F. Kennan

#democratic #dictatorship #fig #hide #leaves

They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves. ↗

— Nikita Khrushchev

#leaves #little #little attention #pay #prefer

In a way, everything concerning a movie leaves me cold. ↗

— Klaus Kinski

#concerning #everything #leaves #me #movie

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves. ↗

— Deng Xiaoping

#about #brags #during #election #else

The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime. ↗

— Alma Gluck

#branches #break #dead #green #leaves

He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons. ↗

— Carlo Goldoni

#half #himself #his #image #leaves

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#country #curiosity #goes #guided #himself

I don't think anyone, until their soul leaves their body, is past the point of no return. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#body #i #leaves #past #point

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. ↗

— David Hume

#captivating #desires #eloquence #entirely #hearers

Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer. ↗

— Janis Ian

#just #leaves #me #more #off