#diversion

I have always been making art from an early age but for nearly forty years did computer programming to earn a living. I bought a house and put my wife and three children through college. Now that diversion is over so I can finally paint full time. ↗

— Mike Thompson

#always #art #been #bought #children

This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not seem very serious when the scum rise to the top in the bridge club or the offices of a small magazine publisher. ↗

— Robert Shea

#club #diversion #does #ideals #magazine

Come near me and I'll rip your wings off and beat you with them. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#niederwald #rachel-vincent #sabine #diversity

Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain. ↗

— Fawn M. Brodie

#climbing #cooking #diversion #housework #lark

I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people - segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#create #diversions #economic #economic growth #elected

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#diversion #flies #his #just #pop

I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#assure #believe #concerns #diversion #europe

I believe certain members of the U.S. Congress have aided in the oppression and diversion of critical information that could have revealed a fullness of truth long ago. ↗

— Bo Gritz

#aided #believe #certain #congress #could

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#diversion #fighting #imitation #men #most

Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be. "Foolhardy?" Kelsier asked with a laugh. "that wasn't foolhardy - that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things I'm planning to do! Dockson stood for a moment then he laughed too. "By the Lord Ruler, it's good to have you back, kell! I'm afraid I've grown rather boring during the last few years" "We'll fix that" Kelsier promised. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#dockson #dox #foolhardy #funny #getting-boring