#bs

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#abstraction #ages #commitment #continuous #contrary

President Bush has shown great leadership. He has said that the 21st century will not be ruled or dictated by terrorists, dictators, and murderers. He is absolutely right. God bless him for his resolve. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#absolutely #bless #bush #century #dictated

Republicans know that government spending creates jobs. They just want that spending to be funneled to their projects and districts... and they certainly don't want to say it out loud. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#creates #districts #government #government spending #jobs

The divergence of songs in the new population away from those in the progenitor population would only be prevented if these processes were balanced by repeated immigration and subsequent breeding: song flow. ↗

— Peter R. Grant

#balanced #breeding #divergence #flow #immigration

From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies. ↗

— Robert James Graves

#daily #disease #during #effects #his

It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment in which businesses can excel and expand. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

#business #businesses #create #creates #does

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity. ↗

— Vartan Gregorian

#behalf #fragments #humanity #keep #libraries

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession. ↗

— Adrian Grenier

#anybody #celebrity #deal #dealt #fame

When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin. ↗

— Olympia Dukakis

#absolutely #baptism #baptized #because #believe

I am fond of depicting the lives of young folks for one thing, and if you have parts for girls or young men, you must absolutely have young people to fill them - that is generally acknowledged now. ↗

— D. W. Griffith

#acknowledged #am #depicting #fill #folks