#po

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#could #figure #him #i #louis

Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table. ↗

— Diana Vreeland

#died #dinner #dinner table #fellow #food

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be. ↗

— Alice Walker

#make #nobody #out #powerful #them

The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb. ↗

— Diana Vreeland

#atom bomb #bikini #bomb #important #important thing

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#agencies #authorities #control #fight #forces

It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#forces #important #internationally #locally #moderate

Look at Iraq; look at Afghanistan, where at great personal physical risk people have gone to the polls and have rejected the appeal from Bin Laden and his allies to stay at home. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#allies #appeal #bin #gone #great

Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#cases #collect #confidential #convicted #court

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#final #final proof #god #need #omnipotence

I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

#advocate #am #floor #how #i