“I'm magnificent! I'm five feet eleven inches and I weigh one hundred thirty-five pounds, and I look like a racehorse.” LooksFiveFeetHundredThirtyPoundsInchesMagnificentElevenRacehorses Author:Julie Newmar
“At the hour of midnight the Salerian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the Imperial city, which had subdued and civilised so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia.” YearsThreeSoundHoursCitiesHistoryMankindHundredFoundationGermanyGatesRomeThree YearsSixtyTribesMidnightFuryGothicElevenAwakenedTrumpetsRoman EmpireCivilised Author:Edward Gibbon
“At this very moment,... the most frightful horrors are taking place in every corner of the world. People are being crushed, slashed, disembowelled, mangled; their dead bodies rot and their eyes decay with the rest. Screams of pain and fear go pulsing through the air at the rate of eleven hundred feet per second. After travelling for three seconds they are perfectly inaudible. These are distressing facts; but do we enjoy life any the less because of them? Most certainly we do not.” PeopleWorldMomentsFactsBodyEyePainSufferingThreeEnjoyAirFeetHorrorHundredRateCornersSecondsSympathyScreamApathyDecayEnjoy LifeCrushedElevenDistressingCorners Of The World Author:Aldous Huxley
“The absence of marriages will result in all kinds of financial burdens that gay people wouldn't face if they could get married. If my brother gets hit by a car tomorrow, my sister-in-law will go on living materially in the same way that she does now. If the same thing happens to me, a great deal of what I have will go off to the taxman. That's because of one of, as you doubtless know, eleven hundred federal laws that favor marriage.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayKindDoeHappensFacesLawResultsDealsCarBrotherGoes OnTomorrowGayMarriedHundredFinancialBurdenAbsenceFavorsThings HappenAll KindsMy BrotherMy SisterElevenIn-lawsGay PeopleSister In LawFinancial Burden Author:Andrew Solomon
“I live in New Hampshire. We're in favor of global warming. Eleven hundred more feet of sea-level rises? I've got beachfront property. You tell us up there, "By the end of the century, New York City could be underwater," and we say, "Your point is?"” EndsLevelsCitiesSeaFeetCenturyNew YorkHundredPropertyFavorsGlobal WarmingNew York CityElevenUnderwaterHampshireNew HampshireSea Level Rise Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.” MenLifeFirstsPersonsChurchReligiousTeamFootballHundredOrganizationUnityCarefulElevenDead ManFootball TeamInspirational TeamChristian ChurchReligious PersonChurch AttendanceChristian Unity Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Instinct tells me to go to Hannah's, but she doesn't live there anymore and that's when I realize the major difference between my mother and Hannah. My mother deserted me at the 7-Eleven, hundred of kilometers away from home. Hannah, however, did the unforgivable. She deserted me in our own backyard.” HomeMotherRealizingDifferencesMajorsHundredInstinctElevenBackyardsDesertedAway From HomeUnforgivable Author:Melina Marchetta
“Come home with me, Acheron. I’ll make it well worth your while. (Artemis) I have a headache. (Acheron) You’ve had a headache for two hundred years! (Artemis) And you’ve had PMS for eleven thousand. (Acheron)” YearsWellsTwoHomeThousandHundredComing HomeElevenHeadacheArtemisPms Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon