#damen

Very little changed fundamentally, except that the proud German soldier had turned into a defeated bundle of misery and the great German army had disintegrated. ↗

— George Grosz

#bundle #changed #defeated #disintegrated #except

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

#contradiction #elsewhere #fire #fundamentalists #good

Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust? ↗

— Garrett Hardin

#ask #bible #cannot #certainty #decay

However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

#deeper #ecology #economics #fundamental #held

The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#created #enough #evil #fact #fundamental

I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time. ↗

— John Hench

#always #back #direction #down #driving

A lesser but still fundamental rule of racing is that you properly enter the event. Anyone who doesn't but still insists on running interferes with the paying customers. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#customers #enter #event #fundamental #insists

Misstraue jedem Politiker, jedem Regierungs- oder Staatschef, der seine Religion zum Instrument macht. Halte Abstand von solchen Politikern, die ihre auf das Jenseits orientierte Religion und ihre diesseitige Politik miteinander vermischen. ↗

— Helmut Schmidt

#fundamentalism #politics #religion #secularism #religion

Oh, so you see some chick in baggy jeans and a hoodie, and you just have to have her so bad, you decide to repeat high school, just to get her?" "Sounds about right." He laughs. ↗

— Alyson Noel

#damen #ever #evermore #immortals #noel

Though I have to admit, I had a good laugh when I realized you thought I was a bloodsucker." He smiles. "Oh, well excuse me. I mean since there are immortals running around, I figure we may as well bring on the faeries, wizards, werewolves, and—" I shake my head. "I mean jeez, you talk about all this like it's normal! ↗

— Alyson Noel

#damen #ever #evermore #immortals #noel