#rant

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#happens #ignorant #magistrate #obscenity #shock

Cary Grant never won an Oscar, primarily, I suspect, because he made everything look so effortless. Why reward someone for having fun, for being charming? ↗

— Richard Russo

#being #cary #cary grant #charming #effortless

Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#business #cities #come #corner #every

Weird people follow you in the streets, you can't sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone. ↗

— Winona Ryder

#being #being alone #book #cafe #everybody

The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath is the fundamental statement of allegiance to the United States, and this allegiance is what unites America. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#america #become #citizen #each #fundamental

For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement. ↗

— Mikhail Saakashvili

#deficit #electric #first #first time #georgia

There is a mass of immigrants, a million of them without work. We will stop this invasion. ↗

— Antonis Samaras

#invasion #mass #million #stop #them

I'm a lucky guy. I don't take for granted, for one minute, what I do. ↗

— Richie Sambora

#guy #i #i do #lucky #lucky guy

For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win Grand Slams and be No. 1. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#grand #grand slams #granted #i #i do

It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own. ↗

— Herbert Samuel

#none #other #own #people #principles