#watches

Burning the witch Giordano Bruno is one more wound inflicted on Christ’s body. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#christ #dejan-stojanovic #giordano-bruno #jesus-christ #poetry

The universe is God's son. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#god #god-s-son #literature #philosophy #poetry

The fact is, it was a big show. We were a part of that show. Everybody watches for different reasons. There were some people who were tuning in that day to see what was going on with other characters. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#characters #day #different #different reasons #everybody

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

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#ball games #dead #declared #football #football games

God watches over drunks and third baseman. ↗

— Leo Durocher

#drunks #god #over #third #watches

Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#jewellery #life #time-keeping #watches #life

The lonely wanderer, who watches by the seashore the waves that roll between him and his home, talks of cruel facts, material barriers that, just because they are material, and not ideal, shall be the irresistible foes of his longing heart. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#because #between #cruel #facts #foes

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. ↗

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

#her #how #improvement #matter #middle-aged

Absolute equals nothingness. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #equals #literature #literature-quotes #nothingness