#spent

No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or three icebergs, until he has been lost in the sands of the desert, until he has spent a few years in the House of the Dead. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#book #bumped #cape #dead #desert

I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting. ↗

— Pierce Brosnan

#catholic #fighting #had #i #irish

I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy - and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time. ↗

— Alton Brown

#first #first time #food #i #italy

Homeowners who refinanced their mortgages took out cash and reduced their monthly payments at the same time. Much of the cash obtained by refinancing was spent on consumer durables, home improvements and the like. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#consumer #home #homeowners #improvements #like

We spend more than a million dollars a year on our colleges and university, and it is money well spent; but we must have education that fits not the few but the many for the business of life. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#colleges #dollars #education #few #fits

I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my business, my career and the roller coaster ride... how the people I associated with worked together. ↗

— Diahann Carroll

#amount #associated #business #career #coaster

Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth, bluntly, directly, and without much varnish. I am her son. ↗

— Chris Christie

#am #bluntly #brother #children #could

I said I would never go to a psychiatrist, and I spent much of my life in psychoanalysis. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#i #life #much #my life #never

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

Over half a billion dollars a day is being spent by FEMA. ↗

— Thad Cochran

#billion #day #dollars #fema #half