#poke

I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it's too late by college. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#before #bit #college #congress #done

A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough. ↗

— Larry McMurtry

#cheat #enough #man #poke #want

Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#authority #divorce #every #frequently #fundamentalists

President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education. ↗

— George Miller

#bush #candid #children #class #education

For the most part, I get to do what I want to do. If I want to play poker, I can. If I don't want to play poker, I don't have to. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#i #i can #most #part #play

And I spoke out on women's rights, like equal pay for equal work. ↗

— Karen Morley

#equal pay #equal work #i #like #out

We did not speak in terms of strategy, in terms of overall economies, in terms of production and territorial conquest. We spoke of the impact of the bomb on the homes and the hopes of men and women. ↗

— Philip Morrison

#conquest #did #economies #homes #hopes

Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists. ↗

— James Newman

#least #often #scientists #spoken #wisdom

There were a couple Aborigines in my primary school, but we never spoke to them. They kept to themselves, and we never really even locked eyes. They weren't acknowledged officially either. ↗

— Phillip Noyce

#couple #either #even #eyes #kept

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.' ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#army #asked #bidding #cheney #competitive