#vic

They managed to find time... to tell me that there was no chance of my being accepted for service and that really I should be surprised to still be alive. ↗

— C. S. Forester

#alive #being #chance #find #i

The Secret Service is a strange group. They don't really have a leader. It's not set up like a military. Each one is supposed to be able to act like a leader when something comes up. ↗

— Val Kilmer

#act #comes #each #group #leader

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

#conviction #democracy #extraordinary #ordinary #ordinary people

First month honey. . .Next month pie. . .Third month. . .Get out here and work, you damn bitch, same as I. ↗

— Karen Cecil Smith

#marriage-advice #marriage

People will judge you according to your own convictions. ↗

— Dexter Scott King

#convictions #judge #own #people #will

London has always been a haven for victims of cruelty, and been improved by them. Yet I can see it changing now. Outsiders are demonised, there are little bits of legislation, people are scared. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#been #bits #changing #cruelty #haven

We know these men are professionals whose services are up for bid and whose bags are packed, and yet we call them our own and take personal, even civic pride in their accomplishments. ↗

— John Thorn

#bags #bid #call #civic #even

Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#because #both #faults #i #i think

I think it is important to say that though, of course, it is wonderful to have children, it is a disservice to others not to also say how hard it is to do it alone. ↗

— Meg Tilly

#also #children #course #disservice #hard

I thought Paulie could jump. I know he's not fleet of foot, but at least have some hops. I guess we know who is not going to win a gold glove. I was trying to become a spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service. ↗

— Billy Koch

#could #fleet #foot #glove #going