#th

A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes. ↗

— Hugh Sidey

#american family #architects #assembled #athletes #billionaires

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign. ↗

— Hugh Sidey

#budget #campaign #clash #combat #consequence

The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or so people who run this world analyze one another that way and then make decisions of life and death for us. Scary, but true. ↗

— Hugh Sidey

#another #death #decisions #eyes #found

They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and use it as a compass to locate other monuments and eventually to find their way out of the great, gray federal wilderness. ↗

— Hugh Sidey

#anywhere #brave #columbia #compass #district

We'll take the cake with the red cherry on top. ↗

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

#cake #cherry #red #take #top

Wickets are like wives. You never know what to expect from them. ↗

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

#know #like #never #them #wickets

The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason. ↗

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

#often #reason #same #should #third

After marriage, the other man's wife looks more beautiful. ↗

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

#beautiful #looks #man #marriage #more

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up? ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#change

A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

#general #govern #governed #man #people