#passing

We procured from an Indian a weasel perfectly white except the extremity of the tail which was black: great numbers of wild geese are passing to the south, but their flight is too high for us to procure any of them. ↗

— Meriwether Lewis

#black #except #extremity #flight #geese

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#attain #barbarism #greeks #hardly #human

I've started to think that maybe I wouldn't mind passing my demented genius on to some small thing who can set fire and breathe profanity. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#demented #fire #genius #i #maybe

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis? ↗

— Christopher Marlowe

#king #passing #ride #through #triumph

I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it. ↗

— Marc Maron

#battle #certainly #did #great #i

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#does #feels #measured #passing #time

I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#confusion #cows #gross #how #humor

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin. ↗

— Thandie Newton

#am #babies #despite #drawbacks #having

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use. ↗

— Earl Nightingale

#anyway #best #doing #fear #just

Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#bills #had #i #jack #kissing