#rant

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant. ↗

— Richard Cecil

#first step #ignorant #know #knowledge #step

My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#crossing #followed #girl #grandfather #grandmother

It is not a fragrant world. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#fragrant #world

Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe. ↗

— Iris Chang

#coming #country #europe #immigrants #most

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#belief #challenged #common #freedom #freedom from

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#business #grant #heard #his #man

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#granted #had #liberty #never #take

Last year, New York got $200 million. This year, we're going to give them $124 million under this particular program. But last year was an artificially elevated number to make up from the very low grant the year before. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#before #elevated #give #going #got

Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a congressional decision. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#congressional #decision #did #every #formula

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#critical #granted #gratitude #life #take