#table

We must have a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. forces - or at the very least a plan for it - something the administration has incredulously failed to do for over two years. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#failed #forces #least #must #over

A stable, changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#changeless #indeed #stable #state #twere

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. ↗

— John Buchan

#comfortable #compact #conspiracy #folk #keep

Of what value is your life, unless you are willing to sacrifice it for those you love? ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#love #quotable #quotes-on-life #sacrifice #value

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#across #down #gender #guy #history

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there. ↗

— Sophia Bush

#being #comfortable #first #happy #own

Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the people I'm writing about are definitely not comfortable, and being shot while they're still inside is a good possibility. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#being #comfortable #definitely #good #i

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#i #knows #legitimate #like #music

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#compromise #fall #get #herself #impossible

Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying. ↗

— Humphrey Carpenter

#form #lying #most #probably #respectable