#al

I pride myself on having a journalistic remove. ↗

— Erik Larson

#i #journalistic #myself #pride #remove

Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books. ↗

— Erik Larson

#bookstore #certificate #choose #gift #give

We, of course, have the power of hindsight in our arsenal, but people living in Berlin in that era didn't. What would that have been like as this darkness fell over Germany? ↗

— Erik Larson

#been #berlin #course #darkness #era

The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#christians #hymns #israel #psalms #still

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#chances #done #i #identical #lottery

I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#consciousness #expanded #hallucinogenic #i #iota

Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it. ↗

— Gary Larson

#almost #cartooning #fit #good #i

Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money. ↗

— Gary Larson

#discovers #einstein #great #great moments #moments

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. ↗

— Gary Larson

#changed #comparable #demands #diversity #earth

I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning. ↗

— Gary Larson

#cartooning #find #i #jazz #lot