#rains

Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#almost #although #any #buffaloes #dry

Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to make a better article. ↗

— Philip Armour

#article #better #brains #cut #make

It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent. ↗

— Dave Barry

#always #miles #opportunity #prevailing #rain

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros. ↗

— Ethel Barrymore

#brains #face #figure #grace #hide

Humankind made these religions; that our brains are capable of doing that is neither something to take too seriously — because we also make poop, and we learned to flush that the fuck down the toilet — but it's also not something to totally disregard. ↗

— Dan Harmon

#brains #humankind #religion #religions #religion

One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#answered #blow #brains #cannot #ceased

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#brains #definitely #effort #many #people

I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. ↗

— Joe Strummer

#i #income #life #live #rains

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#borrow #brains #i #i can #only

I've had the greatest respect for my work in this country by Americans. Critics have no brains. ↗