But if I had committed a breach of privilege, it was the privilege of the Senate, and not of this House, which was violated. I was answerable there and not here.
We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
An antenna collects radiation from a desired direction incident upon an area, called its collecting area, and focuses it on a receiver. An antenna is normally designed to maximize its response in the direction in which it is pointed and minimize its response in other directions.
America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which killed thousands of Kurds.
Jewish stinginess and financial wizardry gained them commercial control of Europe and provoked anti-Semitism, which waxed and waned in Europe throughout the ages.
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers, which are always repulsed by the anvil.
I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses.
I was with Tom Wolfe at the launch of Apollo 17, which led him to 'The Right Stuff.'
In applying this subject to the melancholy event, which has deprived this Diocese of its venerable Bishop, we presume not to compare him with the blessed Apostle, of whom we have been speaking.
I went to Appalachian State University, which was very bluegrass- and folk-oriented.
A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.
Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.
Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
In 1938, I was given a one-year teaching appointment, which was sensational for British universities. This was converted into the usual four-year contract for an Assistant Lecturer in 1939.
