I had arrived at the airport one hour early so that, in accordance with airline procedures, I could stand around.
Though my stabilization chute opens at 96,000 feet, I accelerate for 6,000 feet more before hitting a peak of 614 miles an hour, nine-tenths the speed of sound at my altitude.
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
Don't sacrifice your political convictions for the convenience of the hour.
[In] radio, every segment of every hour is a challenge to fill in an interesting way. What I like the most about it is how challenging it is to do it well.
The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.
. . . Time does not heal, It makes a half-stitched scar That can be broken and again you feel Grief as total as in its first hour. -Elizabeth Jennings
I do not have a daily routine, but each morning, I try to spend an hour in bed, visualizing positive outcomes for my life, health, and career.
The Communist torturers often said, 'There is no God, no hereafter, no punishment for evil. We can do what we wish. ' I have heard one torturer even say, 'I thank God, in whom I don't believe, that I have lived to this hour when I can express all the evil in my heart. ' He expressed it in unbelievable brutality and torture inflected on prisoners.
Learn that the present hour alone is man's.
I can tan quickly. What takes people hours to do, I can tan in half an hour.
Soup is cuisine's kindest course. It breathes reassurance; it steams consolation; after a weary day it promotes sociability, as the five o'clock cup of tea or the cocktail hour.
Man is like a tree. If you stand in front of a tree and watch it incessantly, to see how it grows, and to see how much it has grown, you will see nothing at all. But tend it at all times, prune the runners and keep it free of beetles and worms, and all in good time-it will come into its growth. It is the same with man: all that is necessary is for him to overcome his obstacles, and he will thrive and grow. But it is not right to examine him hour after hour to see how much has already been added to his stature.
People think about who they are in the stillest hour of the night.
A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
The last time I was pulled over was in 2005. I was going 55 in a 35 mile per hour zone - which I don't understand because you can barely even idle at 35 miles per hour. Anyway, I was ordered to go to traffic school. It was an 8-hour class and really painful.
Every hour has its end.
Just because I'm Native American doesn't mean I can track furniture through the wilderness. " She deepened her voice: "'Yes, kemosabe. A three-legged table passed this way an hour ago. ' Heck, I don’t know.
A robin red-breast in a cage, puts all of Heaven in a rage. Think to yourself that every day is your last. The hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise. As for me, when you want a good laugh, you will find me in fine state. . . fat and sleek, a true hog of Epicurus's herd.