#prove

We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#bought #got #investment #liquor #money

You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one's friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#among #cannot #cities #fire #friends

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth. ↗

— Mac Barnett

#detectives #middle-grade #proverbs #quips #sayings

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#approved #attend #funeral #i #letter

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#happen #most #next #prophet #proved

We do thank our men and women in uniform. And I thank them. I thank this House today that approved a bill that will allow for a pay raise for our military. We are grateful for that and for the actions of this body. ↗

— Marsha Blackburn

#allow #approved #bill #body #grateful

I don't think there has been enough communication between the players and the tournaments. In one sense it's just as much the players' fault. Players talk between each other and in the locker room about things that can be improved and then when the time comes to talk and really do something about it they stop. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#been #between #comes #communication #each

In the next decade, I see Spanx going worldwide. Everywhere. No butt left behind. It's going to be all over the world and it's going to be an aspirational brand that transcends categories. There's so many things we can improve upon and make better. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#better #brand #categories #decade #everywhere

God calls us to care for our fellow man, especially the neediest. I feel that call to lift up the less fortunate; the call to improve our communities and our state. It drives me to serve Louisiana as governor. ↗

— Kathleen Blanco

#calls #care #communities #drives #especially

We're the largest home improvement company today, and we did $30 billion last year, or less than 10 percent of the total amount of building materials sold in the U.S. So when people ask, how much runway left does Home Depot have, it's an awful lot. ↗

— Arthur Blank

#ask #awful #billion #building #company