#wards

The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game she is hardly so valuable as two Rooks. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#end #equal #game #hardly #pawn

All was well, until I reached the port of Havre. Three officers with the rank of lieutenant, whom afterwards I knew to be Scotland Yard men, came aboard and demanded to see my papers which they took away from me. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#afterwards #away #came #demanded #i

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. ↗

— David Hare

#civilization #tendency #towards #ultimate

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on. ↗

— Barack Obama

#feel #future #going #i #myself

A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which have afterwards, and, indeed, within a very short period, been found to be both possible and true. ↗

— Catherine Crowe

#afterwards #age #authorities #been #both

One trouble with being efficient is that it makes everybody hate you so. ↗

— Bob Edwards

#efficiency #hate #jealousy #jealousy

Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits. ↗

— Michael Crapo

#budget #build #cannot #deficits #growing

I win my awards at the box office. ↗

— Cecil B. DeMille

#box #box office #i #office #win

Commercials that are geared towards kids. I think they should just, like, wipe them out. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#geared #i #i think #just #kids

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#aside #best #beyond #clutter #down