#roach

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#attitude #business #gentleman #him #his

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of. ↗

— Kate Smith

#care #faults #hard #hard work #i

I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But I felt that was missing the point of using me, a musician. ↗

— Damon Albarn

#approached #felt #get #go #i

My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is beyond reproach. ↗

— Kojo Annan

#character #father #his #impeccable #integrity

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. ↗

— Aristotle

#bashfulness #old #old age #ornament #reproach

One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour. ↗

— Colin Baker

#arm #diffuse #down #effects #fear

Most Americans approach the problems of the Middle East with a pro-Israeli bias - and rightly so. ↗

— George Ball

#bias #east #middle #middle east #most

The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the House act to protect it as we approach our nation's birthday, and as our men and women in uniform rally behind it in Iraq's battlefields. ↗

— Joe Barton

#american #american flag #approach #battlefields #behind

Compared to the United States, physicians in Europe have a much more conservative approach to joint replacement in general. ↗

— Allen Boyd

#compared #conservative #europe #general #joint

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged. ↗

— Lou Brock

#challenge #challenged #over #period #playing