#ere

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind. ↗

— Edward Jenner

#beneficial #endeavour #essentially #further #hope

We don't realize how hard it was to drive anywhere outside the major cities less than a century ago. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#anywhere #century #cities #drive #hard

When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created. ↗

— Billy Joel

#created #great #i #inspired #intimate

Nobody could tell us or really had a very good idea, if there were a massive release of radiation, what kind of medical treatment people were going to need and this or that, or, indeed, whether there would be medical personnel around. ↗

— William Scranton

#could #going #good #good idea #had

I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts. ↗

— Betsey Johnson

#body #clothes #design #full #hips

We met The Cult and were talking to them for a while. We went a few places with Offspring. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#few #met #offspring #places #talking

I had been playing since I was 2 years old, never remembering a life without music, always playing everything naturally and mostly by ear, and all the grownups wanted were more scales and drudgery out of me. ↗

— Lara St. John

#been #drudgery #ear #everything #grownups

There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered. ↗

— Lara St. John

#having #instrument #intonation #play #possibility

In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#artists #child #different #i #i think

At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips. ↗

— Allen Johnson

#again #bell #entered #few #fourth