#gains

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#against #educated #give #himself #his

Darwin (1859) recognized the fact that paleontology then seemed to provide evidence against rather for evolution in general or the gradual origin of taxonomic categories in particular. ↗

— George G. Simpson

#categories #darwin #evidence #evolution #fact

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women. ↗

— Kate Smith

#best #best interests #defeat #employer #interests

Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#between #each #fire #lights #optimism

The competition I played against was fantastic, but golf is a different game now. The courses have shrunk because the equipment has gotten better. They're hitting the ball 10 to 15 percent farther because of the changes in the golf ball. ↗

— Hollis Stacy

#ball #because #better #changes #competition

I want to thank all the fans for their support over the years. Keep supporting the Knicks, we're moving in the right direction here and we will be exciting to watch and competing against the best in the NBA. Come back to the Garden for those exciting games. ↗

— John Starks

#back #best #come #competing #direction

If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or refuses to abide by the decision of the Umpire, the game must be scored against him. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#abide #against #anger #decision #either

The irony of the Supreme Court hearing on these cases last week and of the outright hostility that the Court has displayed against religion in recent years is that above the head of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is a concrete display of the Ten Commandments. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

#against #cases #chief #chief justice #commandments

I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#front #hold #how #i #i do

I don't know if it's just me or everyone, but the whole vibe with skiing is not so much thriving on competition against others as it is against myself and the clock. ↗

— Picabo Street

#clock #competition #everyone #i #just