#owl

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph. ↗

— John Mortimer

#carry #copy #daily #duty #england

And it hurts as a player, that you put a lot of hard work in during the week, and at the end of the week, Sunday, when you get on the field, that's when they acknowledge about the hard work that you put in throughout the week. That's actually a disappointment. ↗

— Randy Moss

#acknowledge #actually #disappointment #during #end

I had to get some things right in my personal life. And once I got my family on the same page, to understand who I am and what I do for a living, I asked my oldest daughter, 'What do you think about Daddy coming back?' And she said, 'I didn't think you were done. I want you to win the Super Bowl.' ↗

— Randy Moss

#am #asked #back #bowl #coming

I don't want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather under-reported in a lot of people's feelings a lot of the time. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#feelings #i #i do #lot #people

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#developing #even #force #gold #itself

No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew. ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

#grew #had #harbor #invented #knowledge

Any political system can commit mistakes and any state can commit mistakes. What is most important is to acknowledge these mistakes and put them right as soon as possible and put those behind them into account, bring them to account. ↗

— Hosni Mubarak

#acknowledge #any #behind #bring #commit

True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for resettlement. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#bought #cabinet #few #knowledge #land

Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. ↗

— Martin Mull

#alley #bowling #bowling alley #brain #children

As women slowly gain power, their values and priorities are reshaping the agenda. A multitude of studies show that when women control the family funds, they generally spend more on health, nutrition, and education - and less on alcohol and cigarettes. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#alcohol #cigarettes #control #education #family