#remark

By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age. ↗

— Calamity Jane

#by the time #city #considered #fearless #girl

The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

#calm #crisis #even #keeping #remarkable

The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

#arizona #character #due #governor #history

Chris was a friend of mine, I loved him. I didn't see him for 18 months before he died, but I'd met him several times after the accident. What was remarkable was his personal growth in his interior life. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#after #before #chris #died #friend

The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#back #belief #better #better off #brett

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides. ↗

— Joe Scarborough

#bobby #bobby kennedy #both #both sides #courage

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#branch #clear #devote #entirely #exclusively

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it. ↗

— Frank Sinatra

#chance #far #getting #got #how

When they meet a stand-up comic, people sometimes remark: 'That must be the hardest job in the world.' Among comedians, only Freddie Starr is not embarrassed and slightly appalled by this remark. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#appalled #comedians #comic #embarrassed #freddie

Hemingway's remarks are not literature. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#literature #remarks