#poke

While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader. ↗

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

#faster #hand #home #only #reader

When justice has spoken, humanity must have its turn. ↗

— Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud

#justice #must #spoken #turn

I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career. ↗

— Sergei Bubka

#best #best time #career #experience #former

Ninety percent of the hands aren't shown in a poker game. ↗

— Doyle Brunson

#hands #ninety #percent #poker #shown

Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the people I'm writing about are definitely not comfortable, and being shot while they're still inside is a good possibility. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#being #comfortable #definitely #good #i

The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke. ↗

— Al Capp

#keys #know #like #piano #poke

When I play poker, I don't like losing the pot. ↗

— Drew Carey

#like #losing #play #poker #pot

The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last Letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the Continent. ↗

— George Catlin

#beautifully #best #continent #equipped #finest

As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#also #could #his #i #life

I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#compassionate #conservatism #desire #faith #faith-based