#pound

I had a laptop when they weighed 10 pounds. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#i #laptop #pounds #weighed

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#explosion #spirit #wit

To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#century #change #clear #climate #climate change

I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds...' or 'my 14-year-old is 200 pounds...' or 'I just got divorced, no one wants me, I am 500 pounds.' So I pick up the phone and I call people. ↗

— Richard Simmons

#am #call #day #dear #divorced

Activating oxygen can produce compounds called radicals that put oxidative stress on cells. Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases. ↗

— John Simon

#cancer #cells #compounds #could #diseases

The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany. ↗

— Gordon Sinclair

#british #dollar #ever #exchanges #french

For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#address #benefits #breakdown #debt #difficulty

The emitters of the spectral series are without exception single atoms, not compounds of atoms. ↗

— Johannes Stark

#compounds #emitters #exception #series #single

Carrying 200 pounds of velvet and satin around a stage for 90 minutes - that's man's work, let me tell you. ↗

— Rod Stewart

#around #carrying #man #me #minutes

I've seen teams spend £150 million and get nowhere near the Champions League. It has taken Manchester City a billion to get there. There are no guarantees. ↗

— Gordon Strachan

#champions #city #get #guarantees #i