#twenty

The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#almost #daily #devote #effect #exertion

I did a twenty foot print and John Cage is involved in that because he was the only person I knew in New York who had a car and who would be willing to do this. ↗

— Robert Rauschenberg

#cage #car #did #foot #had

Being a new band, I just can't think of a better way to get your name out to all of the Hard-Rock crowd than playing with twenty of the biggest Hard-Rock bands in the world. ↗

— Adam Rich

#bands #being #better #better way #biggest

For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001. ↗

— Zach Wamp

#american interests #around #attacking #been #did

We sought out and visited all the Indians hereabouts that we could meet with, in number about twenty. They were chiefly in one place, about a mile from where we lodged. ↗

— John Woolman

#chiefly #could #indians #lodged #meet

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen. ↗

— Bert Campaneris

#leagues #made #major #major leagues #never

Hell, if I didn't drink drink or smoke, I'd win twenty games every year. It's easy when you don't drink or smoke or horse around. ↗

— Whitey Ford

#drink #easy #every #games #hell

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#god #gods #injury #me #neighbor

I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox. ↗

— Gene Kelly

#hollywood #i #overweight #ox #pounds

In twenty years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#before #fabulous #grasp #how #lay