#parties

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#above #artist #dark #day #falls

I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high school, I found myself spending much time in parent groups worrying about alcohol, unsupervised parties, and parents not being parents. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#alcohol #being #children #found #good

A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household. ↗

— Anthea Turner

#events #everyone #family #helps #household

If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#agree #association #beans #both #control

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#absolutely #both #charm #deception #life

And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#catching #groups #intolerant #parties #political

If I'd stayed on in London and carried on going to literary parties, it would have wrecked me as a writer. ↗

— Colin Wilson

#going #i #literary #london #me

No change in the balance of political parties can alter the general determination that no class should be excluded from contributing to and sharing responsibility for the state. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#balance #change #class #contributing #determination

Most Oscar parties are pretty silly. They're really for people who like to schmooze. ↗

— Daryl Hannah

#most #oscar #parties #people #pretty

A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#i #i think #independence #local #local government