#pearl

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. ↗

— Pythagoras

#deal #few #great #great deal #hazard

I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II. ↗

— Dan Rather

#attacked #had #harbor #i #ii

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#after #country #danger #day #defending

I am not gay, I just like pearls. ↗

— Julian Eltinge

#gay #i #i am #just #like

We may take breaks and do other things, but we feel we'll ultimately have Pearl Jam as a family. ↗

— Stone Gossard

#family #feel #jam #may #other

I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#ad #bailey #i #just #lib

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster. ↗

— Randall Jarrell

#except #feels #free #oyster #pearl

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#friendship #like #pearl #poetry #precious

I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#could #i #jam #like #many

Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Korea, Vietnam and the current war in Iraq. ↗

— William Safire

#attack #characterize #choice #critics #current