#thou

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being. ↗

— Gabriel Byrne

#gave #greatest #greatest thing #his #human

Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract. ↗

— Brett Favre

#contract #honor #i #i always #maybe

Friendship is Love without his wings! ↗

— Lord Byron

#friendship #his #wings #without

The working out of a balanced economy throughout Germany to provide the necessary means to pay for approved imports has not been accomplished, although that too is expressly required by the Potsdam Agreement. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#agreement #although #approved #balanced #been

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore. ↗

— Lord Byron

#control #dark #deep #earth #fleets

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure. ↗

— Lord Byron

#convert #could #five #four #give

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all. ↗

— Lord Byron

#fall #fear #freed #hath #himself

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#down #facts #kind #loose #more

When I celebrated my bar mitzvah, there was no cake. Today, there is no such thing as a bar mitzvah in the United States without a special cake. It can be even more complicated and expensive than a wedding cake, because bar-mitzvah cakes are often based on a particular theme. ↗

— Ron Ben-Israel

#bar mitzvah #based #because #cake #cakes

I really believe that you grow up a certain way in New York. There's a New York morality, a sense of loyalty. You know how to win and lose. There's a thousand kids outside, you know who to push and who not to push. There's a sixth sense you develop just because it's New York. ↗

— James Caan

#believe #certain #certain way #develop #grow