#pee

The weather was fine, the valleys literally covered with buffaloe, and everything seemed to promise a safe and speedy movement to the first grove of timber on my route, supposed to be about ten days' march. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#covered #days #everything #fine #first

I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see. ↗

— Julian Assange

#between #china #enormous #freedom #freedom of speech

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#fully #gift #go #human #possible

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#deal #discretion #eloquence #good #good words

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#continuous #deficiency #going #habit #knowing

It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#also #been #demand #doubt #english

The body is sort of a pain. It has to go to the bathroom. It has to be comfortable. But the spirit is indestructible. It can move at the speed of light. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#body #comfortable #go #indestructible #light

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism. ↗

— Kate Adie

#calm #calm down #care #down #excited

A more important reason is that the bands will intuitively trust someone they think is a peer, and who speaks fondly of the same formative rock and roll experiences. ↗

— Steve Albini

#experiences #fondly #formative #important #intuitively

Believe me, I understand the need for easy and speedy. After a 12-hour day of shooting 'Chopped,' say, I'm talking stir-fry, spaghetti, heck, peanut-butter sandwiches. But that's not about the joy of food. That's survival. ↗

— Ted Allen

#after #believe #chopped #day #easy