#ere

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#becomes #interesting #less #money #more

For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#centuries #christians #east #jews #middle

Well, the idea of God as a supreme being means that he is simply like us, writ large, and just bigger and better, the end product of the series; whereas this divine personality that we meet in the Bible was, for centuries, regarded simply as a symbol of a greater transcendence that lay beyond it. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#better #beyond #bible #bigger #centuries

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#little #mastered #much #next #next year

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts. ↗

— Desi Arnaz

#his #joe #like #mccarthy #senate

I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#elated #extremely #i #successful #surprised

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#astronaut #attractions #being #completely #flying

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#both #branches #could #multiple #road

What made us different from other westerns was the fact that 'Gunsmoke' wasn't just action and a lot of shooting; they were character-study shows. ↗

— James Arness

#different #fact #just #lot #made

Our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the United States. It helps those who oppose the war when you challenge the policy to develop their arguments. ↗

— Peter Arnett

#back #casualties #challenge #civilian #civilian casualties