#pen

I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#dollars #find #five #hundred #i

A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs. ↗

— James MacArthur

#just #love #loves #man #needs

We were in opposition to the decision to go to war. But after the war happened, it was clear that you could not sit and look-there would be a breeding ground for terrorism or a new collapsed or failed state named Iraq! ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#breeding #clear #collapsed #could #decision

My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces. ↗

— Schuyler Fisk

#grow #grow up #horses #me #open

I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times. ↗

— Curt Flood

#ever #happened #i #i do #many

It's not just the small-potatoes post-9/11 Homeland spending that feels a little off mission. It's the big-ticket stuff too. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#homeland #just #little #mission #off

In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs. ↗

— Dario Fo

#affairs #american #circumstances #current #current state

Domestic travel and tourism-related spending has reached $1 trillion a year. ↗

— Mark Foley

#reached #spending #travel #trillion #year

At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#death #independence #nadine-gordimer #writing #death

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#expense #flatterers #listen #live #them