#sid

The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession. ↗

— John Bright

#consent #considered #even #fully #gained

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. ↗

— David Brin

#been #both #both sides #contact #encounter

People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap, at least you get the soap. In this campaign you just get two guys telling you they really value cleanliness. ↗

— David Brooks

#buy #campaign #cleanliness #complain #get

If I were president of the United States, I would include Moslems in my presidency. ↗

— Jerry Falwell

#include #presidency #president #states #united

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made. ↗

— James Broughton

#films #i #personal #poems #writing

What remains constant for me, during the last 15 years, has been the conviction that the cold war was a calamity for the entire world, and that it can be justified by no consideration of theory, nor by any supposed national interest. ↗

— Earl Browder

#been #calamity #cold #cold war #consideration

I grill almost all of my fish with the skin on because that gives you real protection at least on one side. It's a nice barrier against super high heat which tends to make a lot of fish to turn really flaky. It's very easy to overcook fish on the grill. But I still brush it with oil before I start. ↗

— Alton Brown

#almost #barrier #because #before #brush

I consider myself a right-winger and Gray was certainly one. ↗

— Chester Brown

#consider #gray #i #myself

As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#fight #flat #funded #funding #i

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#discipline #forward #going #know #like