#aid

They decided that unpaid leave could only be granted through the decision of a council that consisted almost entirely of scientists who couldn't understand my reasons for wanting to go so. They said no, no unpaid. So I immediately resigned. ↗

— George Woodcock

#consisted #could #council #decided #decision

So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character. ↗

— Olivia Wilde

#alex #another #brings #character #happiness

There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much. ↗

— John Wooden

#abraham lincoln #disappointed #distrust #find #i

I've heard that Alfred Hitchcock said that by the time he was ready to shoot a film, he didn't even want to do it any more because he'd already had all of the fun of working it out. It's the same thing with these Frank comics. ↗

— Jim Woodring

#alfred hitchcock #already #any #because #by the time

That Moorish architecture is all over the place, of course. It affects me everywhere I see it, as it does so many people. But Brand Library was a special place to me, and I know I've paid homage to it many times in my drawings. ↗

— Jim Woodring

#architecture #brand #course #does #drawings

I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera. ↗

— Jeffrey Wright

#camera #front #got #i #i think

My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career. ↗

— Caroline Wozniacki

#career #cleaning #dishes #had #i

I had a TV set and a typewriter and that made me think a computer should be laid out like a typewriter with a video screen. ↗

— Steve Wozniak

#had #i #laid #like #made

He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really. ↗

— Fay Wray

#because #fair #fun #going #good

Fermat said he had a proof. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#had #proof #said