#twenty

The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty miles from Washington. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#bryan #county #family #fifteen #found

My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#cut #down #drown #get #goal

Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97 percent of the Republicans in the House and 85 percent in the Senate have signed on, and the number of candidates who have taken the pledge is even higher. It's become a party position. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#ago #become #brought #candidates #created

Now, therefore, the Directors of the company are hereby ordered to see that precautions are taken to make travel on said railroad perfectly safe by using a screw with at least twenty-four inches diameter. ↗

— Joshua A. Norton

#diameter #directors #hereby #inches #least

One's dream is constantly evolving, rising and falling, changing course. This happens in every job, but because I have worked in comedy for twenty-five years, I can probably speak best about my own profession. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#because #best #changing #comedy #constantly

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. ↗

— Robert Southey

#half #life #live #long #longest

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business. ↗

— Warren Spahn

#batters #business #figure #figures #games

There's a strange sense of accomplishment in making an independent film. Everything's against you; there's no time, and even less money - you bring a bottle of glue, chip in twenty bucks, and hope you all make it through the day. If you manage to finish it and it actually turns out to be pretty good, it's thrilling. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#actually #against #bottle #bring #bucks

I do not believe that I have had an interview with anybody in twenty-five years in which the person to whom I was talking was not annoyed during the early part of the interview by my asking stupid questions. ↗

— Harry Stack Sullivan

#anybody #asking #believe #during #early

For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

#concentrate #days #each #eleven #few