#of

I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress. ↗

— William Whipple

#chicanery #congress #deal #even #gentlemen

You know what it's like to persuade a pigheaded child to do something they don't want to. If they hear the same suggestion from someone else, they'll go right off and do it. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#else #go #hear #know #like

From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer, with barbecues, blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales. ↗

— Allen West

#became #blockbuster #day #holiday #last

O that unbelievers would learn of faithful Abraham, and believe whatever is revealed from God, though they cannot fully comprehend it! Abraham knew God commanded him to offer up his son, and therefore believed, notwithstanding carnal reasoning might suggest may objections. ↗

— George Whitefield

#believe #believed #cannot #carnal #commanded

Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts. ↗

— Minor White

#camera #enough #expose #film #hearts

I've often had people ask me, would you allow a homosexual to be your friend. Yes, I will. And the reason I will is because I know that that person has problems, and if I can minister to those problems, I will. ↗

— Reggie White

#ask #because #friend #had #homosexual

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#appreciate #breaking #hearts #irony #joke

I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work done. ↗

— Katharine Whitehorn

#admiration #any #center #done #get

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often. ↗

— Mae West

#more #often #shocked #should #those

If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning. ↗