As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general as to the possibility of getting a substantial unconditional surrender from Japan which I had written before leaving Washington and which he had approved.
With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century, you have to imagine more.
Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes.
The poor ones give their alms in a humble way, the rich man throws them down with contempt.
It's not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up awhile and down awhile.
C-3PO: Where could they be? [R2 beeps at him] C-3PO: Use the comlink? Oh my! I forgot, I turned it off. [over the comlink] C-3PO: Are you there sir? Luke Skywalker: 3PO? C-3PO: We've had some problems... Luke Skywalker: [interrupting] Will you shut u...
Write down the advice of him who love you, though you like it not at present.
You must chop down the tree that gives too much or too little shade.
Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down, down. Amen!" If they did, we would think they were pretty insecu...
It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!" I shall only look up and say "Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebody else"...
I felt myself begin to slide down into that recognizable abyss, down and down, where I knew it would be cold and dark, but which had become more familiar to me than my face in the mirror. I knew I should instead be grateful for this time with my two ...
Then came the most exquisite moment of her whole life passing a stone urn with flowers in it. Sally stopped; picked a flower; kissed her on the lips. The whole world might have turned upside down! The others disappeared; there she was alone with Sall...
They hooted and laughed all the way back to the car, teasing Milkman, egging him on to tell more about how scared he was. And he told them. Laughing too, hard, loud, and long. Really laughing, and he found himself exhilarated by simply walking the ea...
Have you ever been writing something when you just forgot where you were, and what time it was, and you kept diving down deeper into your words? No, it's more like diving down your words--past them, and way further down into someplace out. In fact, i...
Sergeant: Put your gun down! Max: Get back put your hands down! Look,I gotta go! Sergeant: Put down the gun! Max: Stop moving! Stop moving. When did this become a negotiation? [Max makes the sergeant cuff himself to the crashed cab] Max: Clap your ha...
Helen: [picking something off Bob's shoulder] Is this rubble? Bob: [mouth is full of a huge piece of cake] It was just a little workout, just to stay loose. Helen: You know how I feel about that, Bob! Darn you, we can't blow cover again! Bob: The bui...
Robert Smith: Good afternoon, Mr. Roque. Her name is Camilla Rhodes. The director doesn't want her. Do you want him replaced? I know they said... [pause] Mr. Roque: Then... Robert Smith: Then that means we should... [pause] Mr. Roque: Yes? Robert Smi...
The truth of the matter is that the whole world has already been turned upside down by the work of Jesus Christ
You just, barged in and flipped my entire world upside down,” he says, voice heated. “I didn’t know what to do.
Afterward, there was that long, crowded pause in which everyone decides that although they are very shaken, and possibly upside down, they are, to their surprise, still alive.
If you had a piece of coal, we could hold her down, shove it up her ass, and come collect a big, fat diamond in a few days.
