#lock

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#ever #except #man #money #wrote

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#america #biggest #black #black and white #block

The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back. ↗

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

#back #block #bring #cities #community

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion! ↗

— Ben Jonson

#clocks #engine #forget #his #keep

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#about #afternoon #better #better world #blankets

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#achieve #around #climb #everybody #figure

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#blocked #come #concentrating #out #planning

A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#clock #freezer #get #go #go home

It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep. ↗

— Nancy Kerrigan

#back #clock #easy #getting #go

I promised myself that I'd never actually admit to listening to 'New Kids on the Block.' ↗

— Alicia Keys

#admit #block #i #kids #listening