#quart

In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One, the British Empire, brought under one government a quarter of the earth and its inhabitants. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#british empire #brought #controlled #earth #empire

Wagner is a composer who has beautiful moments but awful quarter hours. ↗

— Gioachino Rossini

#beautiful #composer #hours #moments #quarter

The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular to capture the Government offices and the Service headquarters. ↗

— Kurt Student

#aim #attack #capital #capture #dutch

We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation - when people go back and study major banking crises a quarter century from now, the one that America developed in 2007 and 2008 is going to be one of those crises. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#back #banking #century #crises #depression

The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet. ↗

— Jeffrey Tate

#expression #human #human behavior #most #perfect

Let nobody be fooled, the next two quarters are not going to be easy either in terms of growth or employment. ↗

— Luis de Guindos

#either #employment #fooled #going #growth

Today three-quarters of the Palestinian people are displaced: there are 5 million Palestinian refugees throughout the world. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

#million #palestinian #palestinian people #people #refugees

A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#ball #coach #contract #fire #lifetime

To what derision should I be exposed from a thousand quarters!- An unlearned female entering the lists of criticism against the mighty Johnson! ↗

— Anne Seward

#criticism #derision #entering #exposed #female

The number of great museums and nonprofits versus the number of corporate headquarters is incredibly out of whack. ↗

— Richard Stengel

#great #headquarters #incredibly #museums #number