#bs

We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order. ↗

— Asa Gray

#beliefs #books #considerations #different #down

I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it. ↗

— Luc Ferrari

#except #hate #haven #i #i was born

There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount. ↗

— Graham Chapman

#amount #british #cannibalism #certain #i

Tombstones don't talk back. ↗

— Leland Chapman

#talk #tombstones

I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water. ↗

— Ray Charles

#already #arrived #blood #born #food

I like the fact that music is more abstract. ↗

— Bryan Ferry

#fact #i #like #more #music

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance. ↗

— Cesar Chavez

#day #hard #hard work #hours #patience

Women have to harness their power - its absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner. ↗

— Cher

#absolutely #ahead #around #corner #first

Cooper wrote a novel which is absolutely indistinguishable from Austen, completely from a female point of view, completely English, no sense that he was an American. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#american #austen #completely #cooper #english

There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road. ↗

— Gary Cherone

#getting #jamming #know #other #road