#pros

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes. ↗

— Cole Porter

#authors #better #four-letter #goes #good

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. ↗

— Colin Powell

#backyard #challenge #even #own #pros

As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#determined #gets #government #happening #home

I just hope that the democratic will of the Zimbabwean people prevails. If it does we must move quickly to help restore stability and prosperity. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#does #help #hope #i #just

There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#banking #banking system #been #faith #growth

We build our technologies as a way of addressing all our anxieties and desires. They are our passions congealed into these prosthetic extensions of ourselves. And they do it in a way that reflects what we dream ourselves capable of doing. ↗

— Richard Powers

#anxieties #build #capable #desires #doing

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#a new day #always #been #behind #bit

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#form #good #good prose #i #i can

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. ↗

— Quintilian

#form #idea #misery #prosperous #right

I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great. ↗

— Ted Rall

#book #good #great #great book #here