#old

FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White House after he died. But he could choose good men. ↗

— Stuart Symington

#assistant #been #choose #could #died

Hardly had I left when we ran into the Korean war, doubled what I had asked for and doubled it again. I had told him I would stay in Government, be honored to, but not with the Air Force. ↗

— Stuart Symington

#air #air force #asked #doubled #force

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#calm #helm #hold #sea

As perfume doth remain In the folds where it hath lain, So the thought of you, remaining Deeply folded in my brain, Will not leave me: all things leave me: You remain. ↗

— Arthur Symons

#brain #deeply #doth #folded #folds

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#his #hold #pass #sage #tongue

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision. ↗

— Leo Szilard

#arrive #decision #does #enough #know

The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop. ↗

— Ice T

#called #city #come #cop #day

We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's. ↗

— Ice T

#i #mentality #old #rap #year

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#carnage #first #first world #first world war #forget

Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. ↗

— Tacitus

#disfavor #good #old #old things #present