#passes

What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error. ↗

— Raymond Aron

#error #intellectual #most #often #optimism

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false. ↗

— Pierre Bayle

#down #entirely #false #generation #illusion

It may not be possible to get rare roast beef but if you're willing to settle for well done, ask them to hold the sweetened library paste that passes for gravy. ↗

— Marian Burros

#beef #done #get #gravy #hold

If your parent is deployed and you are that young, you spend the whole time wondering where they are and waiting for them to come home. As time passes and the absence is longer and longer, you become more and more concerned - but you don't really have the words to express your concern. There's only this continued absence. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#become #come #concern #concerned #continued

If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure. ↗

— Steve Earle

#leisure #passes #such #thing #workaholic

To win those big games you're going to have to complete some third-down passes, you're going to have to be able to get some explosive games in the passing game. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#big #complete #explosive #game #games

I mean New York City is the financial capital of the world. It's where all the money passes through, the Dow Jones, whatever, that's where all the money goes. ↗

— John Guare

#city #financial #goes #i #jones

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person. ↗

— Horace

#modest person #passes #person #reserved #silent

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#era #holiness #necessarily #our #passes

For the youth, the indignation of most things will just surge as each birthday passes. ↗

— Chris Evans

#each #indignation #just #most #passes