#relative

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#conscious #country #rage #relatively #time

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#genuine #his #inherit #kill #pleasure

It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm cells... to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin. ↗

— Dave Barry

#biological #cells #despite #directions #egg

There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#almost #believes #certain #entering #every

But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he's in a place where I wouldn't have expected him to be - taking on the responsibility of a woman who is pregnant and who used to be his best friend's wife. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#cary #character #end #even #expected

Cereal production in the rain-fed areas still remains relatively unaffected by the impact of the green revolution, but significant change and progress are now becoming evident in several countries. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#becoming #cereal #change #countries #evident

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. ↗

— Euripides

#friend #loyal #relatives #ten #thousand

An increase in the relative price of products from the low wage manufacturers in Asia and Latin America will also make those products less attractive to American consumers. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#america #american #american consumers #asia #attractive

My sister and I were born in San Francisco. When our parents died, we came down here to live with relatives. ↗

— Freddy Fender

#came #died #down #francisco #here

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune. ↗

— Chanakya

#difficulty #discharge #duty #friend #his