#passe

A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection. ↗

— Arthur Bloch

#failure #final #inspection #passed #unit

The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#corrective #current #does #drab #either

Some of his own closeness to nature, his great love for human beings, was passed on by Whitman to all of us who knew and loved him. ↗

— Ella R. Bloor

#closeness #great #great love #him #his

We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#already #borne #both #come #costs

In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#bread #doctors #feeling #food #fruits

Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has passed on its migrations, and the people with whom it came into contact, must be considered. ↗

— Franz Boas

#considered #contact #furthermore #history #influence

And they asked me to take a polygraph as to the allegations and reports I'd made. I volunteered and I took the polygraph and passed it without a glitch. ↗

— Sibel Edmonds

#asked #i #made #me #passed

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an economic deal in the first 100 days. We have passed the largest Recovery Act in the history of the country. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#country #days #deal #delano #economic

Nearly two weeks have passed since Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast, and while we are still dealing with the tremendous devastation - and will be for quite some time - we are also seeing increased signs of recovery and help in our region. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#also #coast #dealing #devastation #gulf

God doesn't go to jail for the pound of weed you got caught going over the Laredo with - even though he apparently has the knowledge, power, and care to prevent it - you go to jail. God passes go and the courts collect two hundred dollars. ↗

— Stephen Evans

#care #caught #collect #courts #dollars