#rated

At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the British Crown Colony, will be restored to China. This is not only an event which will be celebrated by patriotic Chinese; any patriotic American should celebrate it as well. ↗

— Robert Trout

#any #british #celebrate #celebrated #china

But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive? ↗

— William Booth

#attention #concentrated #desperate #gospel #keep

It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#clinton #dream #europe #finally #fully

My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#cannot #captain #collaborated #directed #extent

When my TV show, 'Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,' assigned me to be a 'Sports Illustrated' reporter for a weekend, I didn't realize I'd have to squeeze it in around another sports job. I had planned to retire from the NFL to enjoy the cushy lifestyle of a full-time reality TV star, but I wound up getting run over by a bull. ↗

— Junior Seau

#around #assigned #bull #enjoy #full-time

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. ↗

— Doug Larson

#fishing #important #important things #life #people

The right thing to do would be for you to acknowledge that you feel something for me that's remotely close to what I feel for you. I've asked only for a single grain of sand from you, Persephone, while I'm the whole fucking beach at your feet... ↗

— Linda Robertson

#johnny #pleas #love

What would your shoes say about the things you do everyday? ↗

— Sherley Mondesir-Prescott

#children #children-s-books #humor #humour #illustrated-books

The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. ↗

— Dave Barry

#basically #celery #democrats #demonstrated #management

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#i #i wish #integrated #more #sometimes