#irs

We don't pray for the land. We pray for the humans, all humans... starting with the president, Mohammed Morsi, and all officials, and for God to give everyone wisdom and responsibility to manage the affairs of this country and its people in true Egyptian spirit. ↗

— Pope Theodoros II

#country #egyptian #everyone #give #god

My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that. ↗

— Mario Andretti

#bullets #first #i #i can #last

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#first #him #intelligence #look #men

How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#breakup #life #love #women #life

All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#first time #i #life #looked #my life

I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#the-infernal-devices #life

The first time that I was elected I was called the Judas Iscariot of the black community because I took a stand that was inconsistent of cutting across the grain. ↗

— Tim Scott

#because #black #black community #called #community

The Iraqi elections were an important first step. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#first #first step #important #iraqi #step

I can offer you my life, though it is a short life. I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many beats it shall sustain. But I love you enough to hope the rest of my life-whatever its length-happy, by spending it with you.-Jem. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#life

To the as-yet-unborn, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#opening-lines #life