#loath

We pay for the navy, and we have no commerce for the navy to protect; we pay for the army, and we loathe and execrate the work upon which it has been engaged. ↗

— John Edward Redmond

#been #commerce #engaged #loathe #navy

I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it? ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#hear #i #i do #i see #loathing

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#being #children #class #color #delightful

My ideal date would involve painful silence. My ideal date wouldn't involve me. ↗

— Sam Pink

#dating

The only reason to delay at this point was because the immediate prospect was so deeply uninviting. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#loathe #death

My father was king of the guidebooks and our holidays were always planned, taking us from a great gallery to an ace cafe to a beautiful view. And as an actor, I loathe improvisation because there's no structure and no one knows what's going on. ↗

— Olivia Williams

#actor #always #beautiful #because #cafe

Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas ... with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas #dreams

Possibly a man who hates the land should dwell on shore forever. Alienation and the long voyages at sea will compel him once again to dream of it, torment him with the absurdity of longing for something that he loathes. ↗

— Yukio Mishima

#ocean #sailing #dreams