#nix

He caught me stealing his golden phoenix.' Tithonus closed his eyes briefly. 'Good grief!' He opened them again. 'I was half hoping it wasn't true. Have you any idea of the implications?' 'He was mistreating it!' Pyrgus protested. 'Of course he was mistreating it. This is Black Hairstreak we're talking about. He mistreats his own mother. I don't suppose you stole her as well? ↗

— Herbie Brennan

#phoenix #pyrgus #tithonus #humor

Yes, but the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters,' said Sirius with a wry smile. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#order-of-the-phoenix #death

The punishment of vertical rending was given to those who had destroyed marriages to satisfy their own lust. ↗

— Cindy Pon

#fury-of-the-phoenix #infidelity #marriage

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes. ↗

— Anne Baxter

#best #bird #early #failure #happen

Nixon was kind of a loner, he had a cold personality. ↗

— Earl Butz

#had #kind #loner #nixon #personality

That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#choice #great #great president #i #man

The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford. ↗

— Earl Butz

#ford #nixon #worked #you

The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by - often just in time to see the act they wanted to see. ↗

— Dick Cavett

#administration #come #cops #eye #just

Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing judgment on Richard Nixon. ↗

— Archibald Cox

#did #genuine #judgment #more #nixon

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

#american people #colleagues #congress #dishonest #ever