#tick

Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or news breakers. Me? My ticket to the big leagues had little to do with talent. It was mostly about the governor I was covering, Bill Clinton. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#because #big #big leagues #bill #bill clinton

Have common sense and stick to the point. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#common sense #point #sense #stick

My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me. ↗

— Michael Franti

#always #bones #break #exhilaration #felt

I won't apologize for ticket prices. I think we're well worth it. We consider ourselves in the elite touring acts, like the Stones, Elton John, Paul McCartney. ↗

— Glenn Frey

#apologize #consider #elite #elton #elton john

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together. ↗

— Robert Fulghum

#go #hands #hold #how #into

Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts. ↗

— Robert Fulghum

#break #hearts #our #sticks #stones

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#fun #good #i #like #lot

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth. ↗

— Joe Garagiola

#bank #bottom #bought #could #cubs

I've had to take a lot of stick down the years but the one thing that really got to me was when someone questioned my integrity. It's the one thing that really grates with you. ↗

— Gordon Strachan

#got #grates #had #i #integrity

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#ear #feather #intellect #laws #limit