#pi

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on. ↗

— Richard Cecil

#ardent #break #make #pieces #self-will

Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#broad #did #friendly #his #humor

We pledge to fight the dark forces high in the counsels of the Republican Party which have made political capital out of the techniques of character assassination by innuendo. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#capital #character #character assassination #counsels #dark

Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today. ↗

— Mike Ferguson

#although #courage #decades #fought #inspires

Pope John Paul II not only was a powerful spiritual leader for Catholics but also a world leader of extraordinary consequence during the last quarter-century. ↗

— Mike Ferguson

#catholics #consequence #during #extraordinary #ii

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#applied #aptly #conversation #forever #hit

When I was growing up I always wanted to be a waitress. My sister opened a restaurant in Mississippi, and I went down there and was a waitress for a few days. Let me tell you, I got it out of my system. ↗

— Lacey Chabert

#days #down #few #got #growing

I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman - in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#agent #another #another woman #editor #fact

You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue. ↗

— Claude Chabrol

#fact #pigeon #sometimes #statue #you

I started using contact microphones that you can place on common, ordinary objects, like a rake. I put a microphone on it and it picked up the tines vibrating and turned it into a horrible din. What attracted me to it was the horrible din - that's what I really liked. ↗

— Eugene Chadbourne

#common #contact #din #horrible #i