#brought

It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#air conditioning #barbarians #brought #coming #conditioning

There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#aid #among #black #black hole #brought

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February. ↗

— Joseph Wood Krutch

#brought #charge #england #february #most

When we talk about justice in America we're really talking about justice brought about by the people, not by judges who are tools of the establishment or prosecutors who are are equally tools of the establishment or the wardens or the police officers. ↗

— William Kunstler

#america #brought #by the people #equally #establishment

If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands. ↗

— Polykarp Kusch

#brought #discredit #end #gifts #hands

The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, any rationale for having nuclear weapons disappeared. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#any #arms #arms race #before #brought

My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world. ↗

— David Rudisha

#athlete #because #become #being #brought

I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you're interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is. ↗

— Kurt Russell

#experience #find #go #i #interested

Some of the biggest changes that have happened are behind the scenes, in the way we produce the magazine. E.g., much of our production has been brought in-house via desktop publishing. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

#behind #biggest #brought #changes #desktop

My family and I would never receive royalties on the revenue that my materials brought into the church; materials that were created on our own personal time. ↗

— Robert H. Schuller

#church #created #family #i #into