#thou

At 24, my head was as shiny as a cue ball on a billiard table. I naturally thought this meant curtains. Actually, I found it helped. When I was too young to play real character parts, they mistook me for older because of the bald noggin. I got juicy roles right from the start. ↗

— Frank Cady

#bald #ball #because #character #cue

If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and attach to himself a school of political thought, then Mr. Mill, in the best meaning of the words, has succeeded. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#attach #best #course #degree #himself

There are going to be little victories that we claim, even if it's finishing 15th and putting the car back in hauler without a scratch on it. ↗

— Kurt Busch

#car #claim #even #finishing #going

You know what 'DOUBT' stands for? It stands for 'Debate On Understanding Bewildersome Thoughts.' ↗

— Gary Busey

#doubt #know #stands #thoughts #understanding

Because when we think about the real facts: 44 million Americans without health insurance, millions without jobs, a 50-year high on mortgage foreclosures, an historic high the third year in a row on personal bankruptcies. ↗

— Chaka Fattah

#because #facts #health #health insurance #high

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place. ↗

— George W. Bush

#freedom #hussein #love #peace #place

But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#caring #citizen #deeper #destined #each

In my situation, unlike some players who retire because they have no choice - either teams don't want them or injuries have caused them to retire, and they just can't do it - for me, I really had never thought I would give out mentally before I gave out physically, but I think that was the case. ↗

— Brett Favre

#before #case #caused #choice #either

It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another? ↗

— David Byrne

#attitude #beats #fundamental #hip-hop #i

Well, Marx is having a comeback. I hear him mentioned a lot in terms of the global financial situation and the general sense of injustice out there. A lot of economic experts in America refer to him without actually using the M word, but he's around. ↗

— David Byrne

#america #around #comeback #economic #experts