#sand

I've spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England. ↗

— Simon Cowell

#bank #best #england #homes #hundreds

She was scrubbing furiously at a line of grease spots which led from the stove towards the door to the dining-room. That was where Henry had held the platter tilted as he carried the steak in yesterday. And yet if she had warned him once about that, she had a thousand times! ↗

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

#carried #door #furiously #grease #had

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#goodness #heart #man #mind #strength

Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves. ↗

— John Flavel

#brethren #declaim #easier #mortify #others

I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?' He said, 'Yes,' so I said, 'Well hop into the kitchen and get me a cheese sandwich.' ↗

— Tommy Cooper

#cheese #french #frog #get #got

The Violence Against Women Act has been a true bipartisan success story since it was first enacted in 1994. In my home state of Texas alone, its programs have helped hundreds of thousands of victims to break free from the terrible cycle of domestic violence. ↗

— John Cornyn

#against #alone #been #bipartisan #break

Jobs are disappearing from every sector of the economy, from engineering to health care workers, forcing hundreds of thousands of families into unemployment and low-paying jobs. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#disappearing #economy #engineering #every #families

Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me. ↗

— Martin Van Creveld

#any #does #help #his #live

It's a Tim sandwich. The meat is fresh, but the bread is moldy. ↗

— Daniel Craig

#fresh #meat #sandwich #tim

Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it! ↗

— Davy Crockett

#chance #fame #fellow #greased #hands