#sol

If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#believe #faith #i #i believe #i believe in

I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time at university. And I started to notice then how unresolved some things were. Later, I realised that Stevenson was interested in sequels, and I wondered whether he would have gone back to it had he lived longer. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#first #first time #gone #had #how

I think it is interesting to think about the absolute animal relish young people have for rhythm and rhyme. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#absolute #animal #i #i think #interesting

Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming. ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

#aunt #charming #crazy #empress #even

People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#anyone #anywhere #area #campaign #cast

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude. ↗

— Frank Muir

#grin #humor #inflicting #jokes #masculine

He was very much concerned with logic and function, he always worked his solos out before playing them. ↗

— Jamie Muir

#before #concerned #function #his #logic

On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place. ↗

— Paul Muldoon

#fact #good #hand #influence #ireland

The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#instruments #much #orchestra #other #point

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#come #dangers #functions #intelligence #solely