#blood

The white man's blood and bones have begotten this bronze race, and bequeathed to it in some degree qualities, tendencies, capabilities, such as are the inheritance of the highest order of human animals. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

#bequeathed #blood #bones #bronze #capabilities

In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings. ↗

— Evel Knievel

#blood #bones #break #days #every

Silas consumed only one food, and it was not bananas. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#blood #book #fantasy #food #funny

These terrorist actions, prepared in cold blood, against the people, the society and the institutions of the United States are unprecedented in history. ↗

— Ferenc Madl

#against #blood #cold #history #institutions

The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved, cost what it may in time, treasure, and blood. ↗

— George B. McClellan

#blood #cost #each #external #insure

We wait here to meet the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam to discuss together a ceremony of orderly transfer of power so as to avoid any unnecessary bloodshed in the population. ↗

— Duong Van Minh

#avoid #bloodshed #ceremony #discuss #government

I just feel tired now if people are shocked. If it's not for you, just don't bloody watch it. ↗

— Chris Morris

#feel #i #just #now #people

Football's in my blood - and eventually I want to be the one making decisions. ↗

— Stuart Pearce

#decisions #eventually #football #i #making

I think getting drunk is the key to flying comfortably. A couple of bloody marys or several glasses of champagne, and suddenly it's like you're on a roller coaster. ↗

— Amanda Peet

#champagne #coaster #comfortably #couple #drunk

Don't you see? The catastrophe is me. My very existence is an affront to everything that is natural and good. ↗

— K.J. Wignall

#blood #helplessness #vampires #anger