#tire

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people. ↗

— Alice Walker

#black #despair #enough #entirely #essential

Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#being #else #one thing #retired #retiring

I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman. ↗

— David Walliams

#gentleman #i #know #like #retired

I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired. ↗

— David Walliams

#i #i feel #just #length #quite

Social satire has been around since people have been around. ↗

— David Walliams

#been #people #satire #since #social

Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It's got labels on it - OAP, retirement - and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again. ↗

— Julie Walters

#big #birthdays #bothered #dreadful #felt

If it came to saving the life of one priest or sacrificing the life of an entire congregation, the church would save the life of the priest. Which is backwards, of course. ↗

— Rob Walton

#came #church #congregation #course #entire

As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts, we spend almost all of our time thinking and worrying about the past and the future, hardly ever looking at or engaging with the world visually. ↗

— Chris Ware

#almost #children #concepts #dismiss #engaging

I think people are tired of politicians trying to poke each other in the eye. ↗

— Mark Warner

#eye #i #i think #other #people

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God. ↗

— Rick Warren

#faithful #god #never #retire #servants