#despite

I maintain, despite the moment's evidence against the claim, that we are born and grow up with a fondness for each other, and we have genes for that. We can be talked out of it, for the genetic message is like a distant music, and some of us are hard-of-hearing. Societies are noisy affairs, drowning out the sound of ourselves and our connection. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#against #born #claim #connection #despite

Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #been #criteria #despite #domestic

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#despite #english #fact #i #i think

Over the last five years, the Administration and the majority in Congress have appropriated less than $900 million for port security grants - despite the Coast Guard's determination that $5.4 billion is needed over 10 years. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#appropriated #billion #coast #congress #despite

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart. ↗

— Anne Frank

#believe #despite #everything #heart #i

There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth. ↗

— Frances Burney

#anything #create #cruel #despite #earth

But despite historic levels of obstruction, President Obama was able to bring the economy back from the verge of a second Great Depression. ↗

— Steny Hoyer

#back #bring #depression #despite #economy

Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country. ↗

— Yahya Jammeh

#despite #emerged #odds #people

Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what the readers or letters may say. ↗

— Jonathan Shapiro

#compromise #death #death penalty #despite #i

Things are better now that the attention has subsided a bit, and I'm happier. Now I can concentrate on what I'm supposed to do, that is, training and running. Despite everything that's happened, I feel like I'm still the same person. ↗

— Liu Xiang

#better #better now #bit #concentrate #despite