#sam

We all know we have a problem, a broad problem. Ninety-eight percent of the fuel that is used by our vehicles, our autos and trucks for personal and commercial purposes, for highway and air travel operates on oil. The world has the same problem. ↗

— John Olver

#air travel #autos #broad #commercial #fuel

The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#almost #being #books #case #coincidence

There were some situations where I was giving up everything I had for the band and I just expected everybody else to feel the same way. I realized I was just kidding myself. ↗

— Jerry Only

#else #everybody #everybody else #everything #expected

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard! ↗

— Manuel Puig

#create #hard #her #his #language

I'm the same guy I've always been. I'm the same guy now as when I was hitting 50 home runs. I don't change. ↗

— David Ortiz

#been #change #guy #hitting #home

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. ↗

— George Orwell

#coincides #facts #foresee #future #grossly

Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews. ↗

— John Osborne

#books #different #even #every #every sunday

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing. ↗

— Ozzy Osbourne

#alcoholic #am #i #i am #kids

Here's the mark that a lot of people miss nowadays. Producers missed. They leave out the heart and soul. And that's what I learned from Sammy Davis, Jr., from Frank Sinatra, is when you went to go see those shows, you got to know them. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#frank #frank sinatra #go #got #heart

Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative - a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#been #i #i do #know #knowing