“I took time off from school and traveled to Italy when I was 19, living with my extended family members. I must have slept in 30 different houses those months, taken in by people who'd never even met me.” PeopleDifferentSchoolHouseTakenMonthsMetsMembersTraveledFamily MembersTime OffExtended Family Author:Christina Perri
“I'm very stodgy. I'm always looking at old photos of California and Los Angeles, knowing that what I'm looking at is now full of houses. There used to be vacant lots in Los Angeles, now all taken up by three-storey boxes - it's all getting infilled.” UsedThreeHouseKnowingTakenBoxesUsed To BeCaliforniaLos AngelesVacant Author:Edward Ruscha
“In Germany, you have a huge official memorial to the murdered Jews and then you have this artist who's been putting these stumbling blocks, these brass cobblestones, outside the houses Jews were taken away from. It's somewhat controversial and has met some resistance.” ArtistHouseTakenHugeMetsJewResistanceBlockOfficialsGermanyMemorialControversialStumblingBrassStumbling BlocksCobblestone Author:Amy Waldman
“If a chieftain or a man leave his house, garden, and field and hires it out, and some one else takes possession of his house, garden, and field and uses it for three years; if the first owner return and claims his house, garden, and field, it shall not be given to him, but he who has taken possession of it and used it shall continue to use it.” IfsMenYearsFirstsUseUsedThreeHouseGivenTakenFieldsReturnGardenClaimsPossessionOwnersThree Years Author:Hammurabi
“I have never loved Fortune, even when she seemed most to love me. I never considered her treasures mine, neither her money, nor her office nor her influence. Her theft of these things, therefore. has taken away nothing of my own. Mother, my roof is the stars. My house is human goodness. My body is clothed. My stomach is full. And the thirstier part of me, my soul, drinks gladly from the pool of my books.So much for me. I am just fine.” HumansBookSoulBodyMotherHouseStarsMy OwnTakenInfluenceMinesFineDrinkGoodnessOfficeFortuneTreasureMy SoulStomachPoolRoofTheft Author:Walter Wangerin
“There is a mental fear, which provokes others of us to see the images of witches in a neighbor's yard and stampedes us to burn down this house. And there is a creeping fear of doubt, doubt of what we have been taught, of the validity of so many things we had long since taken for granted to be durable and unchanging. It has become more difficult than ever to distinguish black from white, good from evil, right from wrong.” LongHas BeensEvilHouseFearDifficultBlackWhiteTakenDoubtTaughtNeighborGrantedWitchProvokingYardsValidityTaken For GrantedUnchangingStampede Author:Edward R. Murrow
“Why be thrifty when your old age and health care are provided for, no matter how profligate you act in your youth? Why be prudent when the state insures your bank deposits, replaces your flooded-out house, buys all the wheat you can grow? ... Why be diligent when half of your earnings are taken from you and given to the idle?” MatterStatesCareAgeHouseGivenGrowsHalfTakenYouthOld AgeHealth CareIdleEarningWheatPrudentDiligentDepositsThrifty Author:David Frum
“In life nothing is taken to its ultimate conclusion, life is a half-way house, a place of obligatory compromise; and, in dealing in logical conclusions, a man steps out of life -- or so it would be quite legitimate to argue.” MenWayWould BeLife IsHouseHalfStepsTakenUltimateArguingConclusionCompromiseLogicalHalf Way Author:Wyndham Lewis
“Whenever the true message of the cross is abolished, the anger of hypocrites and heretics ceases.. and all things are in peace. This is a sure token that the devil is guarding the entry to the house, and that the PURE doctrine of God's Word has been taken away. The Church then, is in the BEST state when Satan assaileth it on every sideboth with subtle sleights, and outright violence. And likewise, it is in the WORST state when it is most at peace!” Has BeensStatesHouseChurchTakenViolenceWorstPureMessagesDevilAll ThingsCrossesCeaseDoctrineSatanSubtleHypocriteEntryHereticTokensGuarding Author:Martin Luther
“Do you ask why I am unwilling to marry a rich wife? It is because I am unwilling to be taken to husband by my wife. The mistress of the house should be subordinate to her husband, for in no other way, Priscus, will the wife and husband be on an equality.” WayShouldAsksHouseRichTakenWifeHusbandMy WifeMistressUnwillingHusband And WifeSubordinates Author:Martial
“And, of course, afterwards -- one always hears these things afterwards, so much better if one heard them before -- we found out that dozens of empty brandy bottles were taken out of the house every week!” IfsCoursesFoundHouseTakenHeardWeekEmptyBottlesDozenBrandy Book:Remembered Death Source: Remembered Death
“Biography is the medium through which the remaining secrets of the famous dead are taken from them and dumped out in full view of the world. The biographer at work, indeed, is like the professional burglar, breaking into a house, rifling through certain drawers that he has good reason to think contain the jewelry and money, and triumphantly bearing his loot away.” ThinkingWorldReasonCertainHouseViewsSecretTakenMediumsBiographiesJewelryDrawersDumpedBiographersBurglars Book:Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath And Ted Hughes Source: Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath And Ted Hughes
“The only time I've ever taken out a loan is for the building work I had done at our house and I did that by extending the mortgage.” DoneHouseTakenBuildingOnly TimeLoanMortgageExtending Author:Andrea McLean
“No journalist has ever been in my house and no photographs have ever been taken of where I live. I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay.” WayHouseTakenMy FamilyPhotographJournalistDisplayParades Author:Tom Hanks
“The surprise of animals... in and out, cats and dogs and a milk goat and chickens and guinea hens, all taken for granted, as if man was intended to live on terms of friendly intercourse with the rest of creation instead of huddling in isolation on the fourteenth floor of an apartment house in a city where animals occurred behind bars in the zoo.” IfsMenHouseTermAnimalCitiesBehindsTakenDogCreationCatSurpriseBarsGrantedIsolationFriendlyChickensMilkApartmentIntercourseGoatsZoosTaken For GrantedHensGuineaCat And Dog Author:Elizabeth Janeway
“On the whole, yes, I would rather be the Chief Justice of the United States, and a quieter life than that which becomes at the White House is more in keeping with the temperament, but when taken into consideration that I go into history as President, and my children and my children's children are the better placed on account of that fact, I am inclined to think that to be President well compensates one for all the trials and criticisms he has to bear and undergo.” ThinkingWellsChildrenStatesWholeFactsHousePresidentJusticeWhiteUnitedUnited StatesTakenBearsCriticismAccountsTrialsChiefsMy ChildrenConsiderationWhite HouseTemperamentChief Justice Author:William Howard Taft
“I did a lot of work on energy efficiency at the White House. By the time I left we had taken the equivalent of six hundred cars a year off the road in reduced greenhouse gas emissions just in the White House complex.” YearsHouseEnergyLeftWhiteTakenCarSixHundredComplexesGasWhite HouseEfficiencyEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesEnergy Efficiency Author:William J. Clinton
“We can build influence by self promotion, but God will only promote those who do not promote themselves. That which is built on self-promotion will have to be maintained by human striving. Those who allow God to build the house have taken a yoke that is easy and a burden that is light.” HumansSelfLightChristianHouseEasyTakenInfluenceBuiltStriveBurdenGods WillFavourPromotionYokeSelf Promotion Author:Rick Joyner
“Humourists lead... an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats.” FeelingsLiteratureHouseExistenceTakenHumourEdgesChairsApprehensionOvercoat Author:James Thurber
“You buy a car or any other thing when you see someone else having it. So people will only buy a thing when they see a system in somebody's house and that takes time. The corporate people have taken the poor people for a ride. So that needs to break and the trust needs to be created that this system will actually work.” PeopleNeedsHousePoorBreakTakenCarCorporateTake TimePoor People Author:Ramon Magsaysay
“George W. Bush's approval ratings have plummeted as Americans realize that it's not gay marriage that's destroying the country, but rather the president, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice and the rest of the gang in the White House. They're the ones who've taken us to war based on lies and have irreparably damaged the nation's integrity.” WarCountryLyingHouseNationsPresidentRealizingWhiteTakenIntegrityGayWhite HouseDestroyingApprovalGangGay MarriageRiceRatingApproval Rating Author:Michelangelo Signorile
“This is, in fact, the biggest show that Marvel television has ever taken on, in the animation world. We had a real challenge that was posed to us, and that was this little, tiny art-house movie that came out last year, that I don't know if you saw, called Marvel's The Avengers, written and directed by our friend Joss Whedon, and it really set the template.” IfsKnowsWorldYearsLittlesArtRealFactsShowsLastsHouseChallengesTakenSawsWrittenTelevisionTinyLast YearAnimationAvengers Author:Jeph Loeb
“Where was the use, originally, in rushing this whole globe through in six days? It is likely that if more time had been taken in the first place, the world would have been made right, and this ceaseless improving and repairing would not be necessary now. But if you hurry a world or a house, you are nearly sure to find out by and by that you have left out a towhead, or a broom-closet, or some other little convenience, here and there, which has got to be supplied, no matter how much expense or vexation it may cost.” IfsWorldFirstsMayLittlesHas BeensMadeMatterWholeUseHouseLeftTakenCostSixExpensesMore TimeGlobesImprovingClosetsConvenienceHere And ThereRushingLeft OutBroomsVexationRepairing Book:Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)
“Boy George has been charged with falsely imprisoning a man who'd gone to his apartment to pose for photographs. Going to Boy George's house to get your picture taken is like going to David Copperfield's island for a radio opportunity.” MenHas BeensOpportunityHouseBoysGoneTakenPhotographRadioIslandsApartmentPicture Taken Author:Chelsea Handler
“My idea of that[idea of career] is constantly changing. I mostly just throw it out to the universe and I can't really do much after that. I've never taken the steps to be "successful": I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house. I've talked to people about it but I've never followed through because it gives me the creeps.” PeopleGivingI CanIdeasUniverseHouseStepsCareersSuccessfulTakenGive MeManagersBeing SuccessfulPublishingCreepsPublishing House Author:J Tillman
“I'm living the dream. I've got a big tour bus, an incredible band, a big house, and a family that are all taken care of through my music. I've got a beautiful wife and three beautiful kids.” DreamBigsCareKidsBeautifulThreeHouseTakenWifeBandIncrediblesBusBig HousesLiving The DreamBeautiful Wife Author:Aaron Watson