#anti

Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man. ↗

— Charles Lyell

#brought #caves #derived #discoveries #evidence

I have this beautiful antique silver wine decanter that I bought at an auction. I always pour wine from that. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#antique #auction #beautiful #bought #i

It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#difference #little #little thing #little things #make

For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#beyond #cause #causes #i #just

There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#because #country #culture #cut #cutting

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity. ↗

— George MacDonald

#best work #dregs #exhaustion #god #i

I can give substantive advice to the administration, the president's campaign, or any campaign that would ask for it. And, of course, when I speak I can talk about my views on policy and I have been supportive of the president's policy on leading foreign-policy issues. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#administration #advice #any #ask #been

There are certainly good examples of incredibly brilliant, beautiful music that has been made commercially available and sold everywhere. But I would say that, for the most part, quantity certainly does not speak well for quality. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#beautiful #beautiful music #been #brilliant #certainly

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#character #character actor #feel #guess #i

My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#i #lovely #married #romantic #terribly