#single

In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation may hang upon a single act, we owe frank speech, above all other men, to him who is highest in authority. I shall speak to you as man to man. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#act #authority #days #fate #frank

House Democrats have tried to increase port security funding on this House floor four times over the last 4 years, and House Republicans have defeated our efforts every single time. ↗

— Dennis Cardoza

#democrats #efforts #every #floor #four

I remember many a time, going into someplace like Wrigley Field - where you could cut the humidity with a knife - and playing a doubleheader. I loved to play the game. It didn't matter if it was a doubleheader, or a single game, or a day game after a night game. I wanted to play. ↗

— Gary Carter

#could #cut #day #field #game

All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself. ↗

— Jesus Christ

#command #commandments #commit #covet #kill

I think I've grown a lot in the last few years, and I needed to express myself as an artist on this. It wasn't necessarily about going in and making an album chocked full of hit singles... there were a lot of things I did out of the joy and the want to do it. ↗

— Terri Clark

#album #artist #did #express #few

To single out a particular group and say we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice and it's kind of patronizing. ↗

— Sacha Baron Cohen

#almost #form #group #joke #kind

I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#i #i remember #me #out #really

Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#every #fail #feel #i #i feel

A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries. ↗

— Carlos Salinas de Gortari

#different #european #european countries #forest #mexico

Sit your affections, your heart and your precious time out on the doorstep without so much as making him ring the doorbell first, and he’ll treat you like a doormat. Make him work a little to get next to you, and he won’t stop til you’re his. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#hard-to-get #knowing-your-worth #love #playing-hard-to-get #positive-thinking