#mos

Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him. ↗

— Anna Julia Cooper

#committed #cost #delivers #each #expended

The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#end #joyous #morning #most #school

Lord Randall barreled inside, brandishing his cane in Drew's face. "You beggarly knave, I was told this marriage was in name only! Who gave you permission to consummate the vows?" "Theodore Hopkin, governor of this colony, representative of the kind, and it's going to cost you plenty, for that daughter of yours is nothing but trouble. What in the blazes were you thinking to allow her an education?" Drew bit back his smile at the man's shocked expression. Nothing like landing the first punch. Lord Randall furrowed his bushy gray brows. "I knew not about her education until it was too late." Drew straightened the cuffs of his shirt. "Well, be prepared to pay dearly for it. No man should have to suffer through what I do with the constant spouting of the most addlepated word puzzles you could imagine." ----------------------------------------- "I require fifteen thousand pounds." Lord Randall spewed ale across the floor. "What! Surely drink has tickled your poor brain. You're a FARMER, you impudent rascal. I'll give you five thousand." Drew plopped his drink onto the table at his side, its contents sloshing over the rim. A satisfied smile broke across his face. "Excellent." He stood. "When will you take her back to England with you? Today? Tomorrow?" The old man's red-rimmed eyes widened. "I cannot take her back. Why, she's already birthed a child!" Drew shrugged. "Fifteen thousand or I send her AND the babe back, with or without you. ↗

— Deeanne Gist

#bride #brides #christian #christian-romance #connie

What most people don't understand is that UFOs are on a cosmic tourist route. That's why they're always seen in Arizona, Scotland, and New Mexico. Another thing to consider is that all three of those destinations are good places to play golf. So there's possibly some connection between aliens and golf. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#another #arizona #between #connection #consider

People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this day they never have changed Mr. Gable's role, or most of them. ↗

— Jackie Cooper

#because #changed #day #gable #had

It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#aim #evil #good #governing #most

The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things. ↗

— Jilly Cooper

#domestic #firmness #kindness #male #most

Yeah. I do get incredibly anxious. Almost borderline panic attacks. ↗

— Julian Cope

#anxious #attacks #borderline #get #i

I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written concerning the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, I ascribe certain motions to the Earth, they will cry out at once that I and my theory should be rejected. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

#bodies #book #certain #conceive #concerning

George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#george #george lucas #just #lucas #making