#otc

Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchwoman." [Sherlock Holmes, on Mrs. Hudson's cooking.] ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#cooking #cuisine #food #limitations #scotch

Shall I confess it, Mr. Hartright? I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature's only idea seems to be to make them machines for the production of incessant noise. ↗

— Wilkie Collins

#crotchety-old-men #men

In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country. ↗

— Max Baucus

#country #ever #ever-changing #important #military

And we'd drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink... And now people don't drink nearly as much, for good reason. We're all a little wiser. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#drink #ghastly #good #good reason #huge

I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#believe #campaign #candidate #done #down

I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to the world as a Scotch banker. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#between #canada #country #desire #extraordinary

I moved to New York last year and I love it. It's a huge change and I've always wanted to spend time there. It's like a more intense London, and everything's up a few notches. The lights are brighter, the pace is faster and the food's better. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#better #brighter #change #everything #faster

Of course, rivals do affect athletes mentally, but if you are competing with top-notch athletes, you will push each other, you will encourage each other. ↗

— Liu Xiang

#athletes #competing #course #each #encourage

On any measure, Spain's bank rescue has been a disaster. A hundred million euros have been added to the national debt, ten-year bonds are at a record high and the country's credit rating has been downgraded three notches. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#any #bank #been #bonds #country

The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top, it's the ones who aim for two notches below the top. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#below #business #business world #killers #notches