#raft

Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested. ↗

— Richard Branson

#against #anybody #around #attempt #attempting

I've got a nice little crafty deal with the people in Barbados; 10 days out there teaching the locals how to play darts for an hour a day. Get paid for that as well. ↗

— Eric Bristow

#crafty #darts #day #days #deal

I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't lived here for several years. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#absolutely #anyone #book #certainly #contained

The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people. ↗

— Louise Brown

#carried #crafted #found #important people #made

In the end, Dan Rather's legend skewered him, CBS and the craft of journalism. ↗

— Tina Brown

#craft #dan #end #him #in the end

I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#angry #black #could #fire #i

Women don't get the same opportunities that men get in racing, so they don't get to learn race craft. ↗

— Jenson Button

#get #learn #men #opportunities #race

There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman. ↗

— Emile Zola

#becomes #born #craftsman #inside #men

It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something. ↗

— Truman Capote

#end #god #know #least #makes

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#able #buying #cars #drafts #finding