#the

Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil engineering which makes Britain tick - the bridges, tunnels, power and water networks, which bind us together. ↗

— Evan Davis

#bridges #britain #civil #deadly #engineering

Historically, the British have always been rather wary of grand engineering projects - perhaps understandably, given that many of them have been delivered late and over budget. ↗

— Evan Davis

#been #british #budget #delivered #engineering

We all know that Americans love their statistics - in sport, obviously. And in finance too. ↗

— Evan Davis

#know #love #obviously #statistics #their

...[W]hen I told my dad why I was calling, he just said, 'Honey, you're so beautiful it doesn't matter what you wear.' I wondered how many dads in America were, at that very moment, giving their daughters the same useless advice mine was giving me. ↗

— Melissa Kantor

#clothing #fathers #beauty

It doesn't annoy me but I think of myself as a presenter who is gay, rather than a gay presenter. It's a subtle distinction, but that's how I view it. ↗

— Evan Davis

#distinction #gay #how #i #i think

Men don't know much about women. We do know when they're happy. We know when they're crying, and we know when they're pissed off. We just don't know in what order these are gonna come at us. ↗

— Evan Davis

#come #crying #gonna #happy #just

If somebody has a chance to put my food in their mouth, that tells the story. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#food #mouth #put #somebody #story

Then, all of a sudden, he stopped and nobody heard from him or got a response to orders. At this point Rod Walker looked him up and found he was living in a commune and seemed to be dropping out of the hobby. ↗

— Fred Davis

#dropping #found #got #heard #him

Ayman Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's deputy, as well as Abu Musab Zarqawi, have made it quite clear in their internal propaganda that they cannot win unless they can drive the Americans out. And they know that they can't do that there, so they've brought the battlefield to the halls of Congress. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#battlefield #bin #brought #cannot #clear

We had all this kind of freedom and 'get out of your head' kind of stuff and at the same time, we were trying to establish ourselves in the business. These two things are really difficult to bring together. ↗

— Michael Davis

#business #difficult #establish #freedom #get