#ron

Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

#always #been #burton #century #francis

I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers. ↗

— Luke Ford

#fire #gut #had #i #incompetent

The over-weight and out of shape guy who owned the house had apparently decided that having a half-million dollar house meant that he couldn’t afford to hire someone to clean out his gutters. Now he was dead with what looked to me like a broken neck after the ladder had slipped. He’d taken the plunge into his fancy landscaping—complete with rock garden. But hey, his fucking gutters were clean. ↗

— Diana Rowland

#dying #garden #humor #irony #sarcasm

It is wrong to believe that Hispanics are Democrats. Hispanics are traditionally and historically conservative, not just socially conservative, but fiscally conservative. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#conservative #democrats #fiscally #fiscally conservative #hispanics

Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes, it is because we are trying something at the wrong time. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#artists #beat #because #block #creative

Ukraine has been a strong partner to the United States on international initiatives and a committed ally in fighting the War on Terrorism. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#been #committed #fighting #initiatives #international

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire. ↗

— John W. Foster

#fire #genius #lighting #own #power

One side of the American psyche wants smaller government, lower taxes, and more choices for individuals, even if those choices increase risk. The other wants a strong social safety net to protect the weakest among us, even if it costs more to minimize risk. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#among #choices #costs #even #government

I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#about #anything #around #go #going

I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really hard to do, but I feel like I want to have a chance to try and translate something I've written and try and get a tone across. ↗

— Dana Fox

#am #chance #direct #feel #frontier