#party

although she went home that night feeling happier than she had ever been in her short life, she did not confuse the golf course party with a good party, and she did not tell herself she had a pleasant time. it had been, she felt, a dumb event preceded by excellent invitations. what frankie did that was unusual was to imagine herself in control. the drinks, the clothes, the instructions, the food (there had been none), the location, everything. she asked herself: if i were in charge, how could i have done it better? ↗

— E. Lockhart

#golf-course-party #in-control #food

Christians should never have a political party. It is a huge mistake to become married to an ideology, because the greatest enemy of the gospel is ideology. Ideology is a man-made format of how the world ought to work, and Christians instead believed in the revealing truth Scripture. ↗

— Charles Colson

#party #politics #ideology

Our party has always been the voice of the powerless and the voiceless. ↗

— Robert Casey

#been #our #party #powerless #voice

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#consequences #couple #drinks #fine #good

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. ↗

— Mark Twain

#did #does #his #miss #noah

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#company #counselor #counselors #garden #multitude

Our success as a party will largely be determined by how well we do here in the heartland... The time has come to be secure about our values. The time has come to lead. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#come #determined #here #how #largely

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#beyond #congress #devotion #members #national

I have not heard people in the Republican Party yet admit that they have a problem. And when they do say that they have a problem I don't know that I believe 'em. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#believe #heard #i #i believe #know

We all know what the problems are: it's tax and spend. One party will tax and spend, the other party won't tax but will spend. It's both of them together. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#know #other #party #problems #spend