#sit

The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#civilized #consisted #creek #flour #good

Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'University Challenge.' The onion was probably the highlight. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#came #challenge #did #highlight #home

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when. ↗

— Max de Pree

#cultures #holds #leaders #listened #must

I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race. ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#decent #dreams #finals #goal #goals

I'm taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive. ↗

— Pitbull

#i #into #life #my life #negatives

A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be. ↗

— Ann Plato

#contented #education #fit #future #god

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. ↗

— Plato

#burden #calm #disposition #equally #feel

All things are only transitory. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#only #things #transitory

The most positive men are the most credulous. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#credulous #men #most

In a recent Valentine's Day posting on her fan website, Britney Spears says that - oh, who cares? ↗

— Amy Poehler

#britney #britney spears #cares #day #fan