#ounce

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#general #good #i #language #long

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#courage #covered #his #last #man

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#american empire #announced #become #commerce #debtor

Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well. ↗

— Iris Chang

#class #class distinctions #country #course #distinctions

I'll need every ounce that I have to drive it through. Film and TV require that energy. Sometimes fight scenes can be pretty intense. When I was shooting "Heaven" it was truly guerrilla film-making. ↗

— Karl Urban

#energy #every #fight #film #film-making

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. ↗

— Lord Acton

#announced #catastrophe #certain #every #feel

When my father announced his campaign for president on Oct. 3, 1991, I had already cast my vote in favor of his candidacy. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#announced #campaign #candidacy #cast #father

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay. ↗

— William Cowper

#creep #dismay #feel #judgment #men

Now undoubtedly, we face some very British challenges when it comes to infrastructure. We rightly cherish our back yards and green spaces, and we'll defend them passionately when projects are announced. We live in a democracy, and we like to debate these things, often for many years. ↗

— Evan Davis

#back #british #challenges #cherish #comes

Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

#against #aggressor #cannot #denounced #entire