#hal

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction. ↗

— Dean Inge

#between #creature #direction #god #halfway

If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters of what is "right" and what is "best" should be given no rest; that they should have to defend their behavior most stringently. ↗

— Stephen King

#censorship #challenged-books #freedom-of-speech #freedom

I like to look at the glass half full. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#glass #half #half full #i #like

People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment. ↗

— Jeff Bingaman

#challenge #having #imprisoned #imprisonment #legality

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#first #half #lives #our #our lives

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#last #long #man #objected #rebelled

In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face. ↗

— Steven Biko

#bestow #face #gift #greatest #human

Let there be no doubt: the state of our union is strong - stronger than the terrorists who seek to harm us and stronger than the challenges that confront us. At the same time, we know that our union can be stronger still. ↗

— Tom Daschle

#confront #doubt #harm #know #no doubt

Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#bill #dozen #had #half #i

I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges. ↗

— Larry David

#challenges #embraces #i #person #records