#old

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#bet #end #enough #find #gold

We were told this war would be over in a matter of weeks, and that the Iraqis would be able to finance it with oil sales. We were promised it was not a mission of nation building. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#building #finance #iraqis #matter #mission

It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#china #figures #government #holding #innocent

If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government. ↗

— Harry Browne

#charity #consequence #demand #future #government

The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#german people #holders #liberation #over #people

As you get older, you realize it's work. It's that fine line between love and companionship. But passionate love? I'd love to know how to make that last. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#companionship #fine #fine line #get #how

World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#bitter #cold #cruelty #fruit #love

You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never kiss the girls. ↗

— Robert Browning

#fellow #him #kiss #make #never

Most minds think from A to B to G to O, or hold goals and ambitions to keep them going. ↗

— Lynette Fromme

#going #hold #keep #minds #most

As I get older, I just prefer to knit. ↗