#over

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America. ↗

— James Joyce

#because #christopher #columbus #discover #everyone

We enter the government essentially in a hotel that is on fire. We're throwing people from the windows into the pool to save their lives and this is the evaluation of the Olympic diving committee: Well, the splash was too big. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

#committee #diving #enter #essentially #evaluation

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. ↗

— James Joyce

#errors #genius #his #makes #man

Thank God for some Republican control of one branch of the government. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#control #god #government #republican #some

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes. ↗

— Thomas Gray

#draw #eyes #faults #forehead #hat

The most interesting guy I've ever played with was King Hassan of Morocco. I went over there on a trip in the early 1970s, and the King and I played five holes. I've never been that nervous in my life. ↗

— Lee Trevino

#early #ever #five #guy #holes

Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about people and the proletariat; I talk about the suckers and the mugs. It's the same thing. ↗

— Graham Greene

#beings #governments #human #human beings #i

For introverts, the best associations start with ideas. If you don’t feel a part of your neighborhood association or the happy hour regulars after work, don’t force it. The community that surrounds you may not be your community. ↗

— Laurie Helgoe

#life

...it is impossible to fully and fairly understand introversion without looking inside. We aren’t just going away, we’re going toward something. ↗

— Laurie Helgoe

#life

America stands as a beacon of hope and the possibility of a better life - but it is also a nation where nearly 1 in 4 children live in poverty. ↗

— Chris Van Hollen

#america #beacon #better #better life #children