#ponder

I have a preponderance to look smug in photos; something to do with the way my mouth turns up at the corners. ↗

— Chris Ware

#i #look #mouth #photos #preponderance

The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#believe #black #bring #candidates #capturing

Sometimes the best and worst times of your life can coincide. It is a talent of the soul to discover the joy in pain—-thinking of moments you long for, and knowing you’ll never have them again. The beautiful ghosts of our past haunt us and yet we still can’t decide if the pain they caused us out weighs the tender moments when they touched our soul. This is the irony of love. (MU Article, 2010) ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#bad-choices #decisions #family #friendship #hindsight

But if our sex would but well consider and rationally ponder, they will perceive and find that it is neither words nor place that can advance them, but worth and merit. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#consider #find #merit #neither #nor

A rose lay open in full bloom and, looking from my garden room, I watched the sun-baked flower fill with rain. It seemed so fragile, resting there, and such a silence filled the air, the beauty of the moment caused me pain. "What more?" I thought. "There must be more." As if in answer then, I saw one weighty drop that caused my rose to fall. It trembled, then cascaded down to earth just staining gentle brown and, since then, I've felt different. That's all. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#poetry #pondering #simplicity #beauty

Connecticut's first responders and defense workers work every day to help us achieve these goals. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#connecticut #day #defense #every #every day

I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism. ↗

— John Doolittle

#against #armed #armed forces #both #deepest

From the Bush Administration to the 9-11 Commission, there is an urgent and universally recognized need to change the broken formula through which Homeland Security grant money currently is allocated to our first responders. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#allocated #broken #bush #bush administration #change

Every day, first responders put their own lives on the line to ensure our safety. The least we can do is make sure they have the tools to protect and serve their communities. ↗

— Joe Lieberman

#day #ensure #every #every day #first

First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs. ↗

— Ed Markey

#communities #difficult #first #jobs #must