#settled

Nigel might have an earlier date, but I think it's unprecedented from my memory. So it is a reminder to everybody that the public can move very rapidly on some issues and therefore what looks settled may not be. ↗

— Jim Bolger

#earlier #everybody #i #i think #issues

The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed. ↗

— Paul Engle

#christmas #christmas eve #eve #hand #i

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#avoid #been #claim #claiming #consensus

Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread, and flourished. They didn't bother themselves about the past - they never do; they're too busy. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#arrived #bother #busy #down #flourished

I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#completely normal #going #i #into #know

I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#having #i #life #made #opponents

The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations. ↗

— Henry Villard

#chairs #curious #either #fingers #him

I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I almost had that one come true until I tore a tendon, so I transferred from my toes to my throat and that's where the talent settled. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#ballerina #born #come #early #family

I've got two sisters and they're both married and they're both much more settled into the way things are. ↗

— Ann Wilson

#got #i #into #married #more

But I was ready for it and I knew I could do it. I've just turned 40, I have a son and I feel more settled and driven than ever. I think my 40s will be my most prolific time. It's a very rare life you get to lead as a sitcom guy. ↗

— Eric McCormack

#driven #ever #feel #get #guy