#undertake

I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard. ↗

— Hans Blix

#armed #certainly #denied #destruction #fear

Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for many years here, especially through the local staff and international staff here in Somaliland and in Somalia at large. ↗

— Jan Egeland

#agencies #also #been #come #especially

If my acceptance of the office of Governor would serve my country, though my administration would be attended with the loss of personal credit and reputation, I would cheerfully undertake it. ↗

— Christopher Gadsden

#administration #attended #cheerfully #country #credit

What We want is to make it possible for our unfortunate people to live a life of industry for it is by steady work alone that we hope for our physical and moral rehabilitation. For this reason above all we have undertaken to rally our people around our ideal. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#alone #around #hope #ideal #industry

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#himself #judge #knowledge #laughter #set

Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs. ↗

— Florence King

#about #already #being #jobs #like

If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

#anything #been #conscience #country #direction

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. ↗

— Mark Twain

#die #even #let us #live #sorry

The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than is commonly assumed, condemns as heretical the whole age of the Kings. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#assumed #books #commonly #condemns #end

As for Gussie Finknottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming on sight. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#depression #humor #undertakers #death