#winding

For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#could #found #gold #had #land

The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#democracy #eventually #like #many #may

I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down. ↗

— David Byrne

#cars #commodity #down #i #i do

I keep referring to them in the plural but all I'm dealing with is Bob. I don't know where Harvey fits in the equation. He was very present at the beginning, winding his brother up. I don't know where he is now. ↗

— Terry Gilliam

#bob #brother #dealing #equation #fits

Publishing a protocol under the name Atom that tries to capture all of the prior art in this stage and might provide a good basis for winding down the syndication wars. ↗

— Tim Bray

#atom #basis #capture #down #good

An easy approach to the walls must be provided against: indeed they should be surrounded by uneven ground, and the roads leading to the gates should be winding and turn to the left from the gates. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#approach #easy #gates #ground #indeed

But by the time I was 40, everything was winding down. It started after the war. On the plus side, there was more more products and technology. But for me the nightlife was winding down, the glamour, the fun. ↗

— Cesar Romero

#by the time #down #everything #fun #glamour

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#strike #watch #will #winding #wit

The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood. ↗

— Robert Fulghum

#heavy #me #mood #philosophical #puts

The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#doubt #height #intellectual #means #nervous