#utter

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty. ↗

— William Cobbett

#buoy #empty #falsehoods #last #long

The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible. ↗

— Malcolm Wallop

#incomprehensible #literally #utter

Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#humor #inspirational #funny

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#dirt #finds #heap #his #keep

They had certainly exasperated them, and could not disperse them, as after every charge - and some of these drove the people right against the shutters in the shops in the Strand - they returned again. ↗

— Walter Crane

#again #against #certainly #charge #could

The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#forth #gone #good #house #mission

When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration. ↗

— Edward Steichen

#anything #clicks #consideration #done #else

Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable. ↗

— Rene Daumal

#certain #certain degree #clearest #degree #distinct

My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets. ↗

— Rita Dove

#butter #favorite #i #may #more

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#bored #celebrities #celebrity #devoid #i