#lit

The eldest and biggest of the litter was a dog cub, and when he drew his first breath he was less than five inches long from his nose to where his tail joined his back-bone. ↗

— Henry Williamson

#breath #cub #dog #drew #eldest

If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#individuality #motivation #art

I have noticed, with much distress, the excessive wartime activity of the investigating bureaus of Congress and the administration, with their impertinent and indecent searching out of the private lives and the past political beliefs of individuals. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#administration #beliefs #bureaus #congress #distress

A week is a long time in politics. ↗

— Harold Wilson

#long time #politics #time #week

The combination of razor-sharp wit (completely real) and his credentials (completely fake) had won them over in the end. ↗

— Priya Ardis

#chick-lit #coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales

I think the tour is doing a better job of showing off the personalities of the players with their website, which is filled with tidbits of what the players are up to. ↗

— Jennifer Wyatt

#better job #doing #filled #i #i think

I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in its Lap from some once lovely Head. ↗

— Omar Khayyám

#caesar #flowers #hyacinth #mortality #rose

I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really interesting way. ↗

— Alex Winter

#cinema #classical #dialogue #i #interesting

I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star. ↗

— Edgar Winter

#becoming #book #famous #guide #had

I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it. ↗

— Michael Winterbottom

#get #had #i #i think #impossible