#rare

Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' ↗

— Evan Bayh

#because #current #determined #enough #filibuster

But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#accountability #catch #catch phrase #congress #congressional

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#desired #economic #rarely #results #sanctions

Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way in which they will be brought about is not, of course, foreseen. ↗

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

#attempt #brought #catastrophes #course #felt

Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#enriching #feeling #i #me #mind

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors. ↗

— James Broughton

#poets #professors #rarest #real

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#suddenly #things #vanished #will

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#rare #readers #thinkers

I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert. ↗

— David Byrne

#i #music #rarely #screens #seen

Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#absolutely not #acting #because #domain #found