#pent

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

#any #inverse #involved #item #proportion

My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart - I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#ended #hill #i #like #look

I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#exceeding #expectations #i #life #lot

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you? ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#face #horse #i #just #life

A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself - must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely. ↗

— James Payn

#developed #even #feel #get #good

I'm always suspicious of people who repent of other people's sins. ↗

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

#i #other #people #repent #sins

It is not for the State Department or even the Secretary of State to say when and how the resources of the American people will be spent. ↗

— Mike Pence

#american people #department #even #how #people

I have spent my tenure in office - and, in fact, my adult lifetime - fighting for things that I care deeply about. And as anyone who knows me will tell you, I do not back down from tough fights. ↗

— Bev Perdue

#adult #anyone #back #care #deeply

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#artificial #artificial intelligence #believe #enough #god

I can tell if someone is talking to me because I'm on "Friends" or cause they just think I'm neat. You know I don't think I've ever spent more than five or ten minutes with somebody who was ogling me because they recognized me from the show. ↗

— Matthew Perry

#cause #ever #five #friends #i