#polis

I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#allowed #children #defenders #family #germans

The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. I was part of a team of about five guys, and we polished the leather furniture. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#building #chrysler #ever #five #furniture

Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

#behavior #cesspool #commons #conditions #does

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish. ↗

— Oliver Herford

#gains #gathers #moss #polish #rolling

You can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can't be English American. Why not? ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#arab #english #greek #polish #why

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although I admit that on an informal basis, first contacts can be made in this language. Nevertheless, I will defend everywhere the use of the French language. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#although #basis #contacts #defend #english

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#diamonds #pebbles #places #polished #where

I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through. ↗

— Richard Armour

#i #i love #just #love #mean

To the contrary, when you look at projections, both Polish and international, we can expect some slowing down of the rate of growth in the coming year, 2012. But of course these are projections. ↗

— Marek Belka

#coming #contrary #course #down #expect

I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#house #i #know #ladders #leave