#yard

I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing? ↗

— Anne Tyler

#asked #came #child #found #i

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#coworkers #even #fact #family #friends

In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day. ↗

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#backyard #been #day #despair #done

Learning can take place in the backyard if there is a human being there who cares about the child. Before learning computers, children should learn to read first. They should sit around the dinner table and hear what their parents have to say and think. ↗

— Dixie Carter

#around #backyard #before #being #being there

I was a part of Backyard Soccer, and I hear that I score a lot of goals in it. ↗

— Brandi Chastain

#goals #hear #i #lot #part

The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#call #example #five #for example #good

Now undoubtedly, we face some very British challenges when it comes to infrastructure. We rightly cherish our back yards and green spaces, and we'll defend them passionately when projects are announced. We live in a democracy, and we like to debate these things, often for many years. ↗

— Evan Davis

#back #british #challenges #cherish #comes

I was in the back part of the bunker, so I had to carry the whole bunker. It was probably 20 yards. ↗

— Trent Dilfer

#bunker #carry #had #i #part

You know, punk bands now sell with one record - their first or second record - sell 10 times the amount of records than the Ramones did throughout their career with 20-something records. That's why I go over to Johnny Ramone's house and do yard work three times a week, just to absolve some of the guilt. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#amount #bands #career #did #first

When you're poor, you know nothing about the future, you know nothing about the world, nothing that goes on outside 300 yards around you. ↗

— Lee Trevino

#around #future #goes #know #nothing