#mo

The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society. ↗

— Ron Kind

#ability #america #century #creative #determining

I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer. ↗

— B. B. King

#blues #i #married #most #rather

My strategy has always been to give people just enough of me, then pull back. That way, they'll want more. ↗

— Keith Sweat

#back #been #enough #give #just

He leaned in for a sniff. 'Smells like a horse's arse! I've got Ian!' -'No sniffing allowed! We never discussed sniffing! I cry foul!' Ian was outraged. 'I'm not giving you a shilling!' -'Give him a shilling! It's not his fault you smell like a horse's arse! ↗

— Julie Anne Long

#humour #insults #name-calling #humor

We should recognize that women become mothers the moment they are pregnant. ↗

— Alveda King

#moment #mothers #pregnant #recognize #should

America wants solutions. America wants a leader. No more tabloid politics. ↗

— Alveda King

#leader #more #politics #solutions #tabloid

When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are. ↗

— B. B. King

#just #know #loved #loved ones #money

If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money. ↗