#ridge

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view. ↗

— Fridtjof Nansen

#always #another #beyond #blocks #disappointments

Should l go on playing bridge and dining, going in the same old monotonous circle? It's easy that way, but it's a sort of suicide, too. ↗

— Antoinette Perry

#circle #dining #easy #go #going

In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#angeles #approximately #beach #bridges #constant

There is absolutely no one, apart from yourself, who can prevent you, in the middle of the night, from sneaking down to tidy up the edges of that hunk of cheese at the back of the fridge. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#apart #back #cheese #down #edges

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee. ↗

— Norah Jones

#i #jump #off #planning

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. ↗

— Nikita Khrushchev

#build #even #over #politicians #promise

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#bridge #duty #experience #gap #his

Everyone should walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. I did it three days in a row because it was one of the most exhilarating experiences I've ever had. The view is breathtaking. ↗

— Seann William Scott

#because #breathtaking #bridge #brooklyn #days

The basis of my own addiction, I know, is my simple human need for Darcy to get off with Elizabeth. Tom says football guru Nick Hornby says in his book that men's obsession with football is not vicarious. The testosterone-crazed fans do not wish themselves on the pitch, claims Hornby, instead seeing their team as their chosen representatives, rather like parliament. That is precisely my feeling about Darcy and Elizabeth. They are my chosen representatives in the field of shagging, or, rather, courtship. I do not, however, wish to see any actual goals. I would hate to see Darcy and Elizabeth in bed, smoking a cigarette afterwards. That would be unnatural and wrong and I would quickly lose interest. ↗

— Helen Fielding

#men

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#boxes #carry #cartridge #cartridges #grub