#scrap

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#come #every #humanity #learn #means

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote. ↗

— Edward Young

#immortal #learning #quote #renown #scraps

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see - every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties. ↗

— Graham Greene

#being #boring #even #every #everything

We're not going to scrap the budget and make up some totally new platform the day after the election. So it's certainly willingness to compromise but we're not going back on the fundamental things we're running on in this campaign. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#back #budget #campaign #certainly #compromise

There has to be some limit to what lawyers can take from their clients. Otherwise, cagey attorneys end up with the lion's share of the settlement and the victims end up with little more than scraps. ↗

— Dennis Hastert

#clients #end #lawyers #limit #lion

There's the downtown area of Tupelo. Did you see the skyscrapers? Two stories. ↗

— Bobby Heenan

#did #downtown #see #skyscrapers #stories

If you take the approach that you want to scrape every last nickel off the table, that'll work one or two times, but after awhile, your reputation will precede you. ↗

— Tom Hicks

#approach #awhile #every #last #nickel

One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact. ↗

— David F. Houston

#any #argument #could #drive #fact

I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press. ↗

— Michael Hutchence

#i #life #manage #press #private

When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government. ↗

— Alexander Chase

#begins #factory #government #human #machine