#tune

Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#costs #divorce #fortune #i #marriages

I grew up believing my sister was from the planet Neptune and had been sent down to Earth to kill me. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#believing #down #down to earth #earth #grew

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#avoided #composed #misfortunes

Fortune befriends the bold. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#fortune

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. ↗

— Voltaire

#history #indeed #misfortunes #more #nothing

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner. ↗

— Walt Disney

#around #brother #business #corner #disaster

I've never really been that much of a fan of Ninja Tune. ↗

— Tom Jenkinson

#fan #i #much #never #ninja

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#been #called #console #fortune #great

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#between #calamity #difference #dragged #fell

I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I'm the only Irish person who can't carry a tune. ↗

— Roma Downey

#carry #hear #i #irish #never