#che

...to experience a furious disillusionment with ‘conventional’ politics, a bit young to be so cynical and so superior, you may think. My reply is that you should fucking well have been there, and felt it for yourself. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#experience

I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#busy #children #i #looked #schedule

The merit of our Constitution was, not that it promotes democracy, but checks it. ↗

— Horatio Seymour

#constitution #democracy #merit #our #promotes

How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers. ↗

— Cecil Frank Powell

#also #am #case #conscious #great

In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

#day #discomfort #forced #habitually #hope

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation. ↗

— Walt Kelly

#done #energy #enough #good #intention

Asian countries produce eight times as many engineering bachelors as the United States, and the number of U.S. students graduating at the masters and PhD levels in these areas is declining. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#asian #asian countries #bachelors #countries #declining

I am actually 7 foot and and one-half inches tall. I say Seven two because it's easier. Unlike some tall skinny guys I am really "big" weighing around 350 pounds. ↗

— Richard Kiel

#am #around #because #big #easier

The difference for me is I just don't sleep on friends' couches anymore. ↗

— Sean Kinney

#couches #difference #friends #i #just

As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart. ↗

— Karen Kingsbury

#began #bookstore #bookstores #close #dream