#shin

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#books #certain #flashing #generals #irrational

When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If I'm in the shower, it's an incorrect shower. It's profoundly uncomfortable. But it's what keeps me pushing. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#eating #i #incorrect #keeps #me

When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy. ↗

— Stanislaw Lec

#come #handy #monuments #pedestals #save

My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook. ↗

— Sandra Lee

#cookbook #grandma #letters #martha #most

Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. ↗

— John Legend

#biographies #bit #booker #civil #civil rights

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world. ↗

— Lotte Lehmann

#his #music #over #path #poet

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun. ↗

— John Lennon

#moon #shine #stars #sun #yeah

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. ↗

— Jay Leno

#any #cannot #court #find #men

The Washington Bullets are changing their name. They don't want their team to be associated with crime. From now on, they'll just be known as the Bullets. ↗

— Jay Leno

#bullets #changing #crime #just #just be

Now, today is the day we honor, of course, the Presidents, ranging from George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie, to George Bush, who couldn't tell the truth, to Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the difference. ↗

— Jay Leno

#bill clinton #bush #clinton #course #day