#rve

Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene. ↗

— Ibrahim Rugova

#destroy #did #efforts #find #had

Preserve the President's options. He may need them. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#need #options #preserve #president #them

Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#american people #paid #people #public #public servants

It's not a break until you hold your serve. ↗

— Greg Rusedski

#hold #serve #until #you #your

Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#deficient #deserve #let us #lives #many

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it? ↗

— John Ruskin

#ask #believe #carver #done #enjoyment

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#effects #himself #observer #observing #physics

A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing. ↗

— Richard Russo

#characters #delight #doing #know #lot

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious. ↗

— Richard Russo

#disingenuous #frequently #hilarious #humor #i

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant. ↗

— George Ryan

#i #lawyer #office #pharmacist #professional