#dl

The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat. ↗

— Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#ages #also #arguing #both #demonstrated

The worst situation you can have in a thriller is a lead who looks like he can handle himself. ↗

— Daniel Craig

#himself #lead #like #looks #situation

A season is a season, regardless of the number of games. ↗

— Joe Cronin

#number #regardless #season

I'd stop in the middle of a gun fight and sing a song. ↗

— Ken Curtis

#gun #i #middle #sing #song

Idle time is the devil's play. ↗

— Mark Dayton

#idle #play #time

In the previous few minutes, I had seen the most beautiful thing that eyes can see: the glory of God shining in the radiance of creation. I had heard the most beautiful thing that ears can hear: friends telling friends that they love one another. And I had felt the most beautiful thing that any heart can ever feel: the love of God and the love of others. ↗

— Brian D. McLaren

#beauty

It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway. ↗

— Danny DeVito

#best #best work #chances #do your best #edge

Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree. ↗

— Thomas Dekker

#fellow #idle #man #orchard #set

I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife. ↗

— Nigel Dennis

#example #for example #going #i #never

Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#armies #could #defeat #dozen #enabled