Assuming Quote by Alexandra Petri Download Open image “I swear like a sailor, assuming the sailor in question died in 1800 and was really square.” — Alexandra Petri ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Assuming Like Question Really Swear
The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew, Who had so many things which he wanted to do That, whenever he thought it… — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
We are apt to think it the finest era of the world when America was beginning to be discovered, when a bold sailor, even… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
As I've grown - dare I say it - older, I had hopes of indulging my dreams of being a sailor. — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
“On September 6, 1522, a battered ship appeared on the horizon … A small pilot boat was dispatched to lead the strange ship over… — Laurence Bergreen Copy Share Image
Standup comedy was my weird hobby. I would drag my poor parents out to the only open mics that were in coffee shops instead… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
You can be brilliant in some ways and despicable in others. You can be a clean, upright, moral individual in your private life who… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Success is like food caught in your teeth: much more noticeable when it happens to other people. If it happens to you, other people… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ragtag band of misfits. I wrote for 'On… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Dull words are what make many bright sentences shine. They do not call attention to themselves. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Bills ought to be passed with deliberation by committees. Change should be achieved in a bipartisan manner. Incrementally, day by day, we should reach… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Although no one explicitly wants a president who could have a reliable fall back career in stand-up comedy, everyone shudders at the thought of… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
George Washington didn't have to make us laugh; he just had to establish precedents and avoid chopping down more cherry trees than he could… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
At Harvard, people like to impart the idea that you are a mover and shaker. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.' — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Our young Marines of today are courageous, willing to make sacrifices, and are marvelous team players. I am confident our Corps, and indeed our… — James T. Conway Copy Share Image
Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good fortune, divine… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
Assuming normal winter weather, we currently anticipate the coal markets to remain difficult through 2015; while we always strive to operate a full capacity… — Joe Craft Copy Share Image
A state of mind is something that one assumes. It cannot be purchased, it must be created. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
One must believe that every living thing whatsoever must change insensibly in its organization and in its form... One must therefore never expect to… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Copy Share Image
I think the biggest problem working with me would be that I'm an only child, and so I have an internal dialogue that goes… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
It is worth noticing that those who assume an imposing demeanor and seek to pass themselves off for something beyond what they are, are… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies. — Robert Conquest Copy Share Image