#ted

Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#assured #columbia #connection #had #me

They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to advance further until spring, I would endanger the lives of my whole party. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#attempted #endanger #forks #further #i

We're kidding on that. One of the things I insisted upon when we went into this project was that we are full partners, going fifty-fifty, both on the money and on the say of what's going on with the books. ↗

— Robert Asprin

#both #full #going #i #insisted

When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#differed #good #interests #matched #mold

We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material is not likely to harm anyone, that it is properly investigated by quality news organizations, and by lawyers and human rights groups and so on. ↗

— Julian Assange

#anyone #effort #engage #groups #harm

At a certain point he was very popular, from THE RAVEN. He was never fully appreciated, never made the money, and you know he was looked upon with admiration by some people, but also as an oddball. But that was his point. ↗

— John Astin

#also #appreciated #certain #certain point #fully

When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my mother and I saw how much fun he was having and I decided I wanted to try it too. ↗

— Mackenzie Astin

#decided #eight #fun #having #how

A paparazzo once jumped out of a car and started running backward with me. I slowed down out of courtesy because she started drifting into the street. I reached out my hand and moved her back so she didn't get hit by a bus. ↗

— Sean Astin

#backward #because #bus #car #courtesy

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore. ↗

— Chet Atkins

#become #interested #once #predictable #you

My day jobs... I knew I was bad at those, so I didn't really have the confidence to think that I could do comedy. But I knew I hated the day jobs. ↗

— Dave Attell

#comedy #confidence #could #day #hated