#tan

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important. ↗

— Mark Udall

#also #borders #go #how #important

Over the long haul of life on this planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants. ↗

— Stewart Udall

#business #haul #life #long #long haul

I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic. ↗

— Jo Brand

#ethic #i #i do #kind #know

Again, with two small children it's incredibly hard to commit yourself to anything because you're just getting interested in it and someone comes along and goes I want Thomas The Tank Engine on, and screams the place down until you put it on. ↗

— Jo Brand

#along #anything #because #children #comes

I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they don't. ↗

— Jo Brand

#because #either #i #jokes #laugh

Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say, but I think they have been great for women and they are of themselves just incredibly funny whether they are male or female. ↗

— Jo Brand

#been #big #big fan #fan #female

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion. ↗

— Mo Yan

#courage #i #know #real #true

My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#acquaintances #after #back #circle #experiences

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world. ↗

— Mo Yan

#authors #china #great #i #i think

When he says he loves me, it only means he loves me at that particular instant. Like his promises, which he never keeps. Why does he torment me like this, when he could finish it off at once? ↗

— Eva Braun

#does #finish #his #instant #keeps