#signs

The economy is showing encouraging signs of recovery. ↗

— George Voinovich

#encouraging #recovery #showing #signs

There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down. ↗

— Paul Erdos

#first #forgets #his #man #second

In conformity with these designs on the city of Washington, and notwithstanding the disastrous results of the invasion of 1862, it was determined by the Rebel government last summer to resume the offensive in that direction. ↗

— Edward Everett

#conformity #designs #determined #direction #disastrous

There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation. ↗

— James Buchan

#adjusted #age #average #barrel #century

Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake. ↗

— John Bunyan

#either #god #heart #oft #our

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#discover #generally #men #principles #prosperity

I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching in a protest. Their signs were probably saying something I wouldn't have agreed with at all. But I was so glad to see women marching. And it's happening all over the world. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#agreed #beijing #bunch #glad #happening

The job numbers are positive. We've had more jobs created now than were lost during the recession. We're seeing that the creation, we're seeing those numbers not only grow but shift toward the private sector and shift toward full-time employment and these are all signs that the recovery is taking some hold but we're not out of woods. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#creation #during #employment #full-time #grow

Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#competitions #designs #feature #green #increasingly

Signs of fatigue soon manifested themselves more and more strongly, and slowly the men dropped out one by one, from sheer exhaustion. No murmur of complaint, however, would be heard. ↗

— Fritz Kreisler

#dropped #exhaustion #fatigue #heard #however