#under

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. ↗

— Thomas Overbury

#best #best part #boast #ground #his

A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations. ↗

— Russell Page

#discerning #eye #free #hint #imagination

The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move. ↗

— Abraham Pais

#anybody #assume #caught #game #honorable

I really understand where Alice is coming from - I've been in exactly the same place coming from a small town and knowing that I need to do other things, that I have to leave. ↗

— Molly Parker

#been #coming #exactly #i #knowing

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins. ↗

— Saint Patrick

#i #lord #opened #recall #should

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. ↗

— William Penn

#help #i #i do #lord #me

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy. ↗

— Ron Paul

#country #democracy #founders #liberty #our

I have been fiercely private, in part because I could never understand how a journalist could be otherwise. I was also the mother of small children, and security concerns were paramount. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#because #been #children #concerns #could

Why doesn't Apple stop for a year and make medical devices? When people talk about technology, that's where I start to get a little hot under the collar because I know that it's the key to solving some of the world's biggest problems. Having a faster, thinner telephone is not one of the world's biggest problems. ↗

— Luke Perry

#apple #because #biggest #biggest problems #collar

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. ↗

— Plato

#live #men #part #punishment #refuse