#reference

When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#cat #gift #hand #her #indeed

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds. ↗

— Petrarch

#almost #begin #bounds #concerning #differ

Newt changed the frame of reference of all of our candidates. That's why we won so big in 1994. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#candidates #changed #frame #newt #our

No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#fight #human #human rights #need #references

Regin slapped her knees. “Oh, my gods, look at him running like his life depended on catching us.” She slid open the door. “Is this straight outta Platoon, or what? Willem!” she cried, holding out one hand. “Run, Willem!” Then she choked on her laughter. ↗

— Kresley Cole

#life

I started thinking more about music. I thought I'd accepted the fact that, as part of "Being Gretchen," I didn't really like music, but in fact, the truth was slightly different: I thought I didn't like music, but in fact, I didn't approve of my own taste--I wished I liked sophisticated music, like jazz or classical or esoteric rock. Instead, my taste ran mostly to what might play on a lite FM station. Oh, well. Be Gretchen. ↗

— Gretchen Rubin

#preferences #taste #music

When you’re married, you’re privy to the misunderstanding. When you’re not married, it’s overrated.” I try to smile. “You rush in, headlong, full of dreams and wishes, so far removed from reality that you never even realize you’ve married into a family and the Navy. One refers to you as the girl from L.A., and the other refers to you as the dependent spouse. ↗

— Katherine Owen

#dreams

Your past is a place for reference, not residence. ↗

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#future #life #past #reference #residence

Don't cross me Scooby-Doo. I'm not an old man in a mask waiting to be thwarted by you meddling kids. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#tv-reference #funny

What did you say, Arthur?" "I said, how the hell did you get here?" "I was a row of dots flowing randomly through the Universe. Have you met Thor? He makes thunder." "Hello," said Arthur. "I expect that must be very interesting." "Hi," said Thor, "it is. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#humor #nonchalance #humor