#pens

It happens to the best of them. You lay off singing and your throat gets out of practice. No excuses. I blew it. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#blew #excuses #gets #happens #i

There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC. ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#am #authority #bbc #british #chairman

Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#be kind #bullying #comedy #else #example

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#find #go #helpless #novelist #out

What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#common denominator #denominator #happens #lowest #republicans

The Center for Immigration Studies found that illegal immigrants cost the United States taxpayer about $10.4 billion a year. A large part of that expense stems from the babies born each year to illegal immigrants. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#babies #billion #born #center #cost

You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens. ↗

— Tanya Tucker

#happens #know #life #life happens #parent

Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to make sure that when readers buy one of my books they get something they're familiar with. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#busy #buy #commitment #days #expensive

To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the most exciting roller coaster ride of a suspense story I can possibly think of. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#coaster #describe #exciting #give #i

Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#essence #indispensable #luminous #me #nature