#stable

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#forgive #himself #others #selfishness #vice

Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square foot, attain a greater angle of elevation, and have fewer parts. ↗

— Lawrence Hargrave

#angle #attain #best #cellular #elevation

We may say that a basic substance is one which has a lone pair of electrons which may be used to complete the stable group of another atom, and that an acid is one which can employ a lone pair from another molecule in completing the stable group of one of its own atoms. ↗

— Gilbert Newton Lewis

#another #atom #atoms #basic #complete

Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#caused #countries #dealing #dependence #import

When everyone just shook their heads, he unbuttoned his shirt and, oh good Lord, shrugged out of it, bunching it up to slip beneath her head like a pillow. Don’t look at him, she told herself. Don’t look— She looked. Sweet Jesus. ↗

— Jill Shalvis

#hotty #irresistable #baseball

Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#congress #critical #efficient #employment #fairly

You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't wanna wander from the stable at night. ↗

— Betty Grable

#better #better off #betting #hold #horse

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end. ↗

— Karel Capek

#devolved #end #in the end #mankind #me

I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#chaos #felt #home #household #i

Back then, a half-a-century ago, the situation was totally different. Economically, we were practically on our knees, and politically, we were still excluded from the community of nations. Today, in this respect, we have a totally different and much more stable basis. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#back #basis #community #different #economically