#ido

I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#day #every #every day #find #i

The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. And now people have moved into the corridors once used by the elephants. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#corridors #decade #during #elephants #heavy

If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration. ↗

— Robert Moses

#comedy #elect #going #idol #mayor

Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#american idol #believe #children #concerts #counterparts

Widow. The word consumes itself. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#itself #widow #word

The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect. ↗

— Esther Dyson

#idolatry #internet #technology #internet

I've been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain," she said. "Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you're going to save the world, I'm the best person to keep you from messing up. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#athena #percy-jackson #poseidon #brain

I couldn’t miss Percy’s fifteenth birthday,” Poseidon said. “Why, if this were Sparta, Percy would be a man today!” That’s true,” Paul said. “I used to teach ancient history.” Poseidon’s eyes twinkled. “That’s me. Ancient history. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#poseidon #teaching

As I got closer to the fence, I held my shirt over my nose to block the smell. One stallion waded through the muck and whinnied angrily at me. He bared his teeth, which were pointed like a bear's. I tried to talk to him in my mind. I can do that with most horses. Hi, I told him. I'm going to clean your stables. Won't that be great? Yes! The horse said. Come inside! Eat you! Tasty half-blood! But I'm Poseidon's son, I protested. He created horses. Usually this gets me VIP treatment in the equestrian world, not this time. Yes! The horse agreed enthusiastically. Poseidon can come in, too! We will eat you both! Seafood! Seafood! The other horses chimed in as they waded through the field. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#horse #humor #percy-jackson #poseidon #seafood

Emma, we don't have to kiss. She already knows I want to sleep with you. ↗

— Anna Banks

#humor #of-poseidon #humor