#ado

Who seems most hideous when adorned the most. ↗

— Ludovico Ariosto

#hideous #most #seems #who

That so many thousands of children around the world are available for adoption is a sign of our impoverished humanity. That so many persons around the world open their hearts and homes each year to embrace a few of these children is a lasting testimony to humanity's enduring nobility. ↗

— Deborah A. Beasley

#deborah-beasley #family-relationships #foster-care #parenting #psycology

It's a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#bit #disconcerting #like #madonna #treated

I'm a good Catholic girl in the way that Madonna is. In the sense that I'm not that good at all. ↗

— Heather Graham

#girl #good #i #madonna #sense

Today, the technology is there to give early and normally ample warning when a powerful tornado approaches. When a tornado strikes, all of us are at risk. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#approaches #early #give #normally #powerful

The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#best #casts #causes #certain #greatest

Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#animation #children #country #disney #god

My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view. ↗

— William Bartram

#delightful #distant #elegance #forests #grand

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day. ↗

— Brad Henry

#day #democracy #election #election day #far

What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence. ↗

— Martha Beck

#childhood #laughter #sex