#altered

Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint. ↗

— Garry Trudeau

#actually #after #altered #attainable #been

Time that is spent dwelling on the past will surely continue in your present moment - and the future. ↗

— Michelle Cruz-Rosado

#living-in-the-present #the-future #the-past-cannot-be-altered #inspirational

The murder of my husband by the railways has altered the way I think about everything. I had always thought that the majority of people were decent and honourable. In the wake of the crash, what made me angry more than anything else was the realisation that this was not true. I still find it very hard to come to terms with. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#altered #always #angry #anything #come

Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within. ↗

— Phyllis Bottome

#altered #come #interference #must #neither

The day I die, I’ll be too busy thinking to notice” he waved his hand as he left the ship. - Nelson Moon, shipwright and designer of the Altered Moon. Current location: Cantankerous Base, Planet Tarris, Arzian Alliance ↗

— A.Z. Kelvin

#az-kelvin #nelson-moon #rise-of-the-altered-moon #sci-fi #science-fiction

A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake of urgent man-made needs. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#approach #best #challenge #decisions #environmental

People will have an altered idea of who you are unless they really take time to get to know you, which of course they don't. They just get what they see, and they take that to the bank. ↗

— Harry Hamlin

#bank #course #get #idea #just

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. ↗

— Aristotle

#been #down #even #laws #ought

Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered. ↗

— Abdallah II

#altered #breakthroughs #challenges #changes #daily

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#alter #altered #better #spontaneously #things