#oats

At which time came to us many boats and we suffered them to come aboard, being not able to resist them, which people did us no harm, neither of us understanding the one the other. ↗

— William Adams

#aboard #being #boats #came #come

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#every man #friends #goats #how #man

You Liberals think that goats are just sheep from broken homes. ↗

— Malcolm Bradbury

#goats #homes #just #liberals #sheep

Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any. ↗

— Otis Williams

#anyone #anything #asked #bill #coats

I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats. ↗

— John Dyer

#i #like #own #pleasure #pushed

When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#floats #forth #hope #image #onto

To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold - brothers who know now they are truly brothers. ↗

— Archibald MacLeish

#bright #brothers #cold #earth #eternal

I was a little concerned with how the crew was going to view me because I didn't know whether this program had been kinda forced down their throats. But they were wonderful. ↗

— Christa McAuliffe

#been #concerned #crew #down #forced

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#black #every #flag #hands #his

I just really believe people have to get hungry. I think maybe what we need to do, instead of trying to stuff our beliefs down people's throats, is just pray for them to really be hungry and to see their neediness. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

#believe #down #get #hungry #i