#gene

It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say, "Wait on time. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#change #generations #good-people #indifference #repentance

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change. ↗

— Andy Stanley

#prayer #regeneration #change

Science has discovered that, like any work of literature, the human genome is a text in need of commentary, for what Eliot said of poetry is also true of DNA: 'all meanings depend on the key of interpretation.' What makes us human, and what makes each of us his or her own human, is not simply the genes that we have buried into our base pairs, but how our cells, in dialogue with our environment, feed back to our DNA, changing the way we read ourselves. Life is a dialectic. ↗

— Jonah Lehrer

#genes #genome #life #literature #science

Having a pleasant time can extend a long period of time to have a fun time. ↗

— Travis Polso

#communication #community #economy #extend #fun

What they told us about 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' when we first started was that we were guaranteed 26 episodes, so that was the longest job I've ever had. And that was basically it - we didn't know what the premise of the show was going to be and we waited, week by week, to see a script. ↗

— Marina Sirtis

#basically #episodes #ever #first #generation

th' unconquerable will,/ And study of revenge, immortal hate,/ And courage never to submit or yield/ And what is else not to be overcome? ↗

— John Milton

#genesis #satan #war #courage

We must train ourselves in courage and generosity. ↗

— roger caillois Edge of Surrealism p.

#generosity #courage

Patrick: How do you know so much about dating? You're a teenage girl. Tess: Because I'm a teenage girl. ↗

— Steven James

#understanding-women #dating

We must ensure that today's seniors' benefits are rock solid and find a solution that fixes Social Security for the next generation that is just entering the workforce. ↗

— John Thune

#ensure #entering #find #fixes #generation

if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#death