#oats

[Pope] Clement waved his hands in irritation as if to dismiss the very idea. "The world is crumbling into ruin. Armies are marching. Men and women are dying everywhere, in huge numbers. Fields are abandoned and towns deserted. The wrath of the Lord is upon us and He may be intending to destroy the whole of creation. People are without leaders and direction. They want to be given a reason for this, so they can be reassured, so they will return to their prayers and their obiediences. All this is going on, and you are concerned about the safety of two Jews? ↗

— Iain Pears

#civilization #decay #end-of-the-world #genocide #god-s-wrath

Kids are baby goats. They're cute and they have redeeming social value. You are definitely not kids. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#goats #humor #kids #humor

A singing goat is like reading books, I love goats and dinosaurs."-Albert Einstein ↗

— Andrew Clements

#love

The quest for seizing that amygdala moment, those crushing seconds of unbearable, incapacitating shock, seizing these moments and not letting them go, dragging them out for as long as is operationally necessary, that, said Sid, is the aim of the Bucha effect. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#men

Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure. ↗

— Fred Allen

#crop #days #each #failure #first

Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats. ↗

— Woody Allen

#basically #bath #boats #come #home

I always thought I was going to end up an old spinster, with my cats and fur coats. ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#cats #coats #end #fur #going

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's. ↗

— Jane Austen

#anyone #sore #than #throats #worse

We were therefore obliged to unload our boats of their cargoes and pass them empty over the falls by means of long cords which we had provided for such purposes. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#cords #empty #falls #had #long

To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides. ↗

— Dennis Banks

#bags #beaver #buffalo #chosen #coats