#wit

Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#been #borders #century #convergence #customs

As for the Devil - that is somebody our religion tried to do without for a long time. ↗

— Kerry Thornley

#long #long time #our #religion #somebody

I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#day #embarrassment #everyone #for the day #god

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#die #how #indian #knew #live

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#around #author #barriers #beyond #formidable

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#conceive #impossible #intimately #liberty #make

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ↗

— J. R. R. Tolkien

#golden #hid #hinges #inside #key

It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#challenge #college #college education #depressing #education

Past Olympians have a continuing role within the Olympic family. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#family #olympians #olympic #past #role

Words are not even within me. They're not in my vocabulary to really express the kind of feeling that I had. ↗

— Tanya Tucker

#express #feeling #had #i #kind