#quart

At the present moment the people of England are only three-quarters fed, and the result of this improvement in the export of our manufactures would be, that they would be entirely fed. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#entirely #export #fed #improvement #manufactures

I actually have a life I said I wanted to have. I wanted to tell stories I want and be with my family. I'm whispering it, because I'm a quarter Jewish and afraid it's all going to be taken away. ↗

— Helen Hunt

#afraid #away #because #family #going

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#contact #never #off #only #quarters

I'm not Hollywood. I'm a Quarter Rat. I belong here. ↗

— Harry Anderson

#here #hollywood #i #quarter #rat

At American Airlines, we have built a business around the love of travel that has lasted three quarters of a century. And I'm pretty sure we're just getting started. ↗

— Gerard Arpey

#american #around #built #business #century

And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to an extent that most statesmen a quarter of a century ago would have regarded as utopian. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#annual #assembly #binding #century #congresses

The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter. ↗

— John Bright

#intended #keep #law #now #price

I don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#been #century #destroys #families #family

Love is three quarters curiosity. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#love #love is #quarters #three

At Bloomington, Indiana, I was invited to listen to music written in quarter tones for four harps and voices. I had to go out to be sick. ↗

— Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

#go #had #harps #i #indiana