#ties

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#better #calamities #character #elasticity #escapes

I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#casualties #i #idea #stand

The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#attractive #characters #fact #female #female characters

I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned. ↗

— Hugh Shelton

#assigned #best #concentrated #could #doing

What rights are there for homosexuals? The only right is to be led to repentance. To live in such defilement of the body, in such dishonour, in such abomination, while all the time asking for liberties the church cannot grant, is unbelievable. ↗

— Pope Shenouda III

#body #cannot #church #dishonour #grant

A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind. ↗

— William Shenstone

#generally #good #ill #man #mankind

I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had. ↗

— Sam Sheppard

#authorities #give #had #i #information

On many occasions New Zealand has spoken about the need to ensure that women's concerns are fully integrated into all aspects of the United Nations' activities and structures, not marginalised in one part of the Secretariat. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#activities #aspects #concerns #ensure #fully

The serious problems facing the world today will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves, their families, and their global and local communities, as the World Bank and others have discovered. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#bank #behalf #communities #discovered #facing

My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#enough #explain #parents #peculiarities #second