#quarter

The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#air #arms #british #canada #cause

As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#oklahoma #perform #pressure #quarterback #under

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life. ↗

— Simone Weil

#fiction #life #make #make up #more

Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter? ↗

— Steven Wright

#george #george washington #id #just #out

We are the party of the Czechoslovak proletariat and our general headquarters are in Moscow. ↗

— Klement Gottwald

#headquarters #moscow #our #party #proletariat

But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go. ↗

— Amy Grant

#any #asked #deal #deep #expecting

I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fair, and they always had a used book sale. For a quarter I bought a book called 'Come On Seabiscuit.' I loved that book. It stayed with me all those years. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#always #book #bought #called #come

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

Love is three quarters curiosity. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#love #love is #quarters #three