#fetch

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all. ↗

— Voltaire

#books #communicate #fetch #find #fire

I had dreams, but I didn't have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched. ↗

— Greta Gerwig

#far-fetched #had #i #necessarily #out

I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#being #entered #far-fetched #hollywood #i

I entirely agree with you about the obscurity of Mrs Browning's line about the stars. It is far-fetched. She wanted to express something which she found beyond expression. ↗

— Marie Corelli

#agree #beyond #browning #entirely #express

There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It's something we are all too familiar with. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#comedy #disappointment #familiar #far-fetched #nothing

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#child #fetch #five #send #someone

Women are like dogs really. They love like dogs, a little insistently. And they like to fetch and carry and come back wistfully after hard words, and learn rather easily to carry a basket. ↗

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

#back #basket #carry #come #dogs

It takes these very simple-minded instructions - 'Go fetch a number, add it to this number, put the result there, perceive if it's greater than this other number' - but executes them at a rate of, let's say, 1,000,000 per second. At 1,000,000 per second, the results appear to be magic. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#appear #fetch #go #greater #instructions

The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#again #clause #commerce #conservatives #court

Miki held up a tennis ball, looked at Sara’s new Pack, and tossed it out into the forest away from the ongoing rave. They all watched it go, then they turned back to Miki. “Okay. Go…” Sara and Angelina slapped their hands over their friend’s mouth before the word “fetch” could come out of it. They pulled her over to one of the food tables. “Are you out of your ever-loving mind?! Everyone here but us is like Sara.” Angelina snapped. “And after seeing them in action I’d rather not fuck with them!” Miki gave that innocent smile. “It was just a little experiment. ↗

— Shelly Laurenston

#experience