#amid

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#amidst #away #crush #dim #elements

My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#delighted #far #given #had #her

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy. ↗

— Arthur Helps

#born #deep #hearts #joy #silence

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#down #forty #heights #look #pyramids

No one's played on the moon yet. No one's played in zero gravity. Some bands have played at the Pyramids of Giza, but we'd very much like to do that in the near future. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#future #gravity #like #moon #much

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger. ↗

— George W. Bush

#accomplishments #amidst #biggest #country #danger

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#art #change #order #preserve #progress

An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

#atmosphere #been #beliefs #breathe #circumstances

We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#admit #amidst #away #cannot #censorship

If you look closely enough, amid the merciless and the bitter, there is always the chance that you may find comfort and the promise of something good. ↗

— Bob Greene

#amid #bitter #chance #closely #comfort