#al

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#individual #individual men #men #men and women #society

The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people. ↗

— Geoffrey Chaucer

#people #scholars #usually #wisest

The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It's very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics and strong feelings underneath the song. ↗

— Bryan Ferry

#beautiful words #feelings #great #lyrics #nice

An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic. ↗

— Lion Feuchtwanger

#because #just #just because #logic #logical

Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects. ↗

— Lion Feuchtwanger

#dealt #disturbed #epoch #ever #historical

I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying. ↗

— Kalpana Chawla

#best #flying #i #interested #place

Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#back #british #britons #elites #given

From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#duties #george #george w #george washington #god

Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#bureaucrats #comes #corporate #digging #government

I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific. ↗

— Lion Feuchtwanger

#call #days #debate #history #i