#sai

I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, "What for?" I said, "I'm going to buy some sugar." ↗

— Steven Wright

#bank #borrow #buy #cup #going

When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, "Well, what do you need?" ↗

— Steven Wright

#asked #border #canada #crossing #firearms

I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years. ↗

— Wilbur Wright

#confess #fifty #fly #i #man

My sense is that, when you look at what people such as former Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have said over the years, you don't go with a story unless you have two independent sources to confirm it. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#bob #carl #confirm #former #go

President Obama said it best during his state of the Union Address this year when he declared: 'I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products. And I will not stand by when our competitors don't play by the rules.' ↗

— Ron Wyden

#american #anywhere #best #competitors #declared

Hope cannot be said to exist, nor can it be said not to exist. It is just like roads across the earth. For actually the earth had no roads to begin with, but when many men pass one way, a road is made. ↗

— Lu Xun

#actually #begin #cannot #earth #exist

Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#enjoying #hardest #i #knew #long

If a war started, the oil price probably would go up, as you said, maybe $5, $6 a barrel until you saw other oil from the extra supplies that are available elsewhere coming into the world, into the market. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#barrel #coming #elsewhere #extra #go

I came home in the afternoon to sleep, and there was this e-mail from Comedy Central saying they were interested in having me be part of this new show called 'Jump Cuts'! So I called them right away, and the producer started laughing and said, 'We sent that e-mail one minute ago - you're so fast!' ↗

— Lev Yilmaz

#ago #away #called #came #central

I went to a Gestalt therapist and said that I want to be able to at least tell my muscles that aren't involved that they don't have to go into spasms too. ↗

— Dick York

#go #i #into #involved #least