“I still fall asleep with the TV on, because I'm used to falling asleep with people yelling 'Action!' and 'Cut!” PeopleStillsActionUsedFallCuttingTvsYellingFalling Asleep Author:Jennifer Lynch
“I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.” PeopleCareFallAsksCuttingVictimDeficitAffordableAffordable Care Act Author:Al Franken
“It is hard to be enthusiastic about the economy's prospects when house prices are falling: Households spend less, small business owners can't use homes as collateral for loans and local governments are forced to cut jobs and programs as property-tax revenue disappears.” HardUseHomeGovernmentJobsFallHouseEconomyCuttingTaxesProgramPropertyDisappearLocalsOwnersHouseholdSmall BusinessRevenueLoanEnthusiasticProspectsBusiness OwnersLocal GovernmentSmall Business OwnersCollateralProperty TaxesHouse Prices Author:Mark Zandi
“The evening sky was streaked with purple, the color of torn plums, and a light rain had started to fall when I came to the end of the blacktop road that cut through twenty miles of thick, almost impenetrable scrub oak and pine and stopped at the front gate of Angola penitentiary.” EndsLightFallCuttingSkyFrontsColorRainTwentiesMilesEveningGatesThickTornPurpleOaksPlumsEvening SkyAngola Author:James Lee
“When a monarchy gradually transforms itself into a republic, the executive power there preserves titles, honors, respect, and even money long after it has lost the reality of power. The English, having cut off the head of one of their kings and chased another off the throne, still go on their knees to address the successors of those princes. On the other hand, when a republic falls under one man's yoke, the ruler's demeanor remains simple, unaffected, and modest, as if he had not already been raised above everybody.” IfsMenLongStillsHandsRealityFallLostSimpleCuttingGoes OnKingsHonorRemainsRaisedTitlesPreservesKneesAddressesExecutivesOne ManRepublicRulersThronesModestMonarchySuccessorsYokeDemeanorExecutive Power Book:Democracy in America Source: Democracy in America
“When we experience fear, it cuts us off from our power. It cuts us off from knowledge and experience. It is a guillotine that falls and separates.” FallCuttingMysticismKnowledge And ExperienceGaining PowerGuillotineLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the glare of the world, with its cares and vicissitudes falls upon the old widower's heart, and there is nothing to break their force, or shield him from the full weight of misfortune. It is as if his right hand were withered; as if one wing of his angel was broken, and every movement that he made brought him to the ground.” IfsMenWorldHeartLongMadeHandsCareFallForceBreakCuttingWifeMovementBrokenAngelWeightWingsAncientMisfortunesShieldsOaksMansionsWitheredGlareVicissitudesFamily ManCutting DownWidowers Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“In a troubled state we must do as in foul weather upon a river, not think to cut directly through, for the boat may be filled with water; but rise and fall as the waves do, and give way as much as we conveniently can.” ThinkingWayGivingMayStatesFallWaterCuttingPolicyRiversFilledWaveWeatherBoatFoulRise And Fall Author:John Selden
“There are vices which have no hold upon us, but in connection with others; and which, when you cut down the trunk, fall like the branches.” FallCuttingConnectionsVicesBranchesTrunks Book:Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects Source: Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects
“It is unfortunate we were put in the position where the Republicans made it clear they were ready to let everything fall unless they got these tax cuts.” MadeFallClearCuttingPositionReadyRepublicanTaxesMade ItUnfortunateTax Cuts Author:Joe Biden
“Why are all these dolls falling out of the sky? Was there a father? Or have the planets cut holes in their nets and let our childhood out, or are we the dolls themselves, born but never fed?” FallFatherBornCuttingSkyChildhoodPlanetsOur ChildrenHolesFedsDolls Book:45 Mercy Street Source: 45 Mercy Street