#quite

I thought of all the others who had tried to tie her to the ground and failed. So I resisted showing her the songs and poems I had written, knowing that too much truth can ruin a thing. And if that meant she wasn't entirely mine, what of it? I would be the one she could always return to without fear of recrimination or question. So I did not try to win her and contented myself with playing a beautiful game. But there was always a part of me that hoped for more, and so there was a part of me that was always a fool. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#beauty

The free world is really helping Lebanon restore its sovereignty. I imagine there is quite a bit of pressure on Syria to leave. I hope they leave in a peaceful way. ↗

— Camille Chamoun

#free #free world #helping #hope #i

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#case #either #i #i think #idea

Rodents can come across as being quite vacant in the personality stakes. ↗

— Julian Clary

#being #come #personality #quite #rodents

Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#country #ever #games #had #must

To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#believing #campaign #destined #else #feeling

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes." And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be, "No." ↗

— Aaron Copland

#asking #many #meaning #music #problem

The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don't think there's anybody that questions the fact that if we ended up getting in a situation where the U.S. government was sending out IOUs like the state of California did at one point, that ends up creating quite a brand problem for our country. ↗

— Bob Corker

#brand #california #ceiling #country #creating

Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies. ↗

— F. M. Cornford

#branch #consists #deceiving #friends #lying

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI. ↗

— Alan Davies

#curious #curious person #i #know #mind