#taken

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. ↗

— George Washington

#authorized #congress #constitution #declaring #expedition

I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. ↗

— Emma Watson

#been #bit #feminist #generation #i

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed. ↗

— Simone Weil

#anything #because #being #concluding #contrary

Every time your picture is taken, you lose a part of your soul. ↗

— Anna May Wong

#every time #lose #part #picture #soul

Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively, the cleanest thing? ↗

— Katharine Whitehorn

#become #cleanest #clothes #ever #had

Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act. ↗

— Roger Wicker

#action #agencies #been #before #decisive

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#infinitely #ordinary #precious #precious things #real

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#everybody #incapable #learning #taken #teaching

The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid for your hospital treatment, you simply can't leave, you are in effect a captive. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#bill #captive #clean #effect #having

I've seen it too many times in Hollywood. Talking about a relationship in public can jinx it. And if you have your picture taken together, you might as well start packing your bags. ↗

— Gina Gershon

#bags #hollywood #i #many #might