#ranks

For the first time ever I was taking the family on the road. We stayed with my in-laws, which on life's list of experiences ranks right below sitting in a tub full of scissors. ↗

— Jeff Foxworthy

#ever #experiences #family #first #first time

Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#blog #comments #communication #fragmentary #harmless

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. ↗

— Henry Miller

#been #confounded #death #entered #ever

Money is a strange thing. It ranks with love as our greatest source of joy, and with death as our greatest source of anxiety. ↗

— Joe Moore

#death #greatest #joy #love #money

The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#franks #history #netherlands #the history of #therefore

From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#chinese #fourth #investment #korea #perspective

Marines are very good at fighting... And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he'll have what he wants. ↗

— Peter Pace

#fighting #franks #gen #good #ground

I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#army #before #first #first of all #i

Whenever I read stories of people doing huge pranks on set, all I think is, 'These people have too much time on their hands.' Besides, I don't want to make some poor assistant clean up someone's trailer after I've filled it with, say, Cadbury eggs. See? I can't even think of a good prank. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#assistant #besides #clean #clean up #doing

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization. ↗

— Frederick Reines

#activities #among #boy #each #eagle