#wit

First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since, it grew more clean and white. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#ever #fingers #first #first time #grew

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#does #genres #good #good job #hip-hop

Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. ↗

— Samuel Ullman

#act #become #bounds #dignity #during

I think, like many others, I realized that only the massive introduction of American support in one form or another, could possibly bring about a rehabilitation of the economies of those countries within a reasonable time. ↗

— David Bruce

#american #another #bring #could #countries

More than ever before, there is a global understanding that long-term social, economic, and environmental development would be impossible without healthy families, communities, and countries. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#communities #countries #development #economic #environmental

Do you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching? ↗

— Steven Brust

#politics #possible #preaching #think #without

We've got some very good things to do without screwing around with sleeves. ↗

— Walter F. Ulmer

#good #good things #got #screwing #sleeves

The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes. ↗

— Martin Buber

#comes #deep #him #law #man

At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their own reward and then lock the rest up in volatile, insecure and illiquid loans that at times they cannot redeem without public aid. ↗

— James Buchan

#banking #banks #call #cannot #each

Saudi Arabia operates according to the belief that God made young men and women so utterly and completely without self-control that they must be physically segregated every moment of the day and night. ↗

— James Buchan

#arabia #belief #completely #day #every