#nor

It was nothing, just the normal thing to do at the time. ↗

— Joey Dunlop

#normal #normal thing #nothing #thing #time

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. ↗

— Will Durant

#against #because #divided #machine #majority

If we're doing this for ten hours, I'm going to need a little incentive to stay motivated." Patch hooked his elbow around my neck and dragged me into a kiss. "Every time you strip my sword, I owe you a kiss. How's that sound?" I bit my lip to keep from giggling. "That sounds really dirty." Patch waggled his eyebrows. "Look whose mind just rolled into the gutter. Two kisses per strip. Any objections?" I pulled on an innocent face. "None whatsoever. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#hush-hush #nora #patch #motivational

Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime. ↗

— Bob Ehrlich

#congress #honor #lifetime #serving

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement. ↗

— Abba Eban

#elegance #flexibility #glued #ground #his

Reed College required a thesis for a Bachelor's degree. Normally a Bachelor's is sort of like being stamped 'Prime US Beef.' They just walk you through, hand out the diplomas and you fill in your name later on. ↗

— David Eddings

#beef #being #college #degree #diplomas

I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature. ↗

— David Eddings

#american literature #back #bad #bad back #by the time

I did not do anything wrong as a governor, even if you accept the verdict as it is, it doesn't indicate that. ↗

— Edwin Edwards

#anything #did #even #governor #i

Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and kills. ↗

— William Empson

#effort #failure #fills #kills #nor

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty. ↗

— George Farquhar

#crime #like #nor #poverty #rags