#highway

In medieval times, contrary to popular belief, most knights were bandits, mercenaries, lawless brigands, skinners, highwaymen, and thieves. The supposed chivalry of Charlemagne and Roland had as much to do with the majority of medieval knights as the historical Jesus with the temporal riches and hypocrisy of the Catholic Church, or any church for that matter. Generally accompanied by their immoral entourage or servants, priests, and whores, they went from tourney to tourney like a touring rock and roll band, sports team, or gang of South Sea pirates. Court to court, skirmish to skirmish, rape to rape. Fighting as the noble's substitution for work. ↗

— Tod Wodicka

#brigands #catholic-church #charlemagne #chivalry #highwaymen

You take one last look and think it would have been something to climb that silo and peek out the window before the interstate plowed through. To see the land unbroken. You are compelled, of course, to consider how the Ojibwe felt, returning to the campsites at Cotter Creek one day only to hear the sound of sawing and the lowing of oxen. Life will circle around on you. Also visible from the silo window is a gigantic billboard pointed at the interstate and advertising a casino owned by the Ojibwe. The billboard says, WINNERS, 24/7. ↗

— Michael Perry

#and-the-road-to-roughneck-grace #visiting-tom-a-man #life

They came out over the highway and they stopped and that's when Barney got out, with the binoculars to try and identify the craft. I mean, he'd been in the military in World War Two, he's puzzled. ↗

— Betty Hill

#been #binoculars #came #craft #got

If you travel around America you see different sections of highways donated by this or that person, and that's a slow beginning of what may end up being a situation common in the Third World: some sections of highways in wealthy areas are beautifully maintained and other parts are just dirt-strewn potholes. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#areas #around #beautifully #beginning #being

That fateful stretch of road has since been dubbed the Highway of Death. ↗

— John Whitehead

#death #dubbed #highway #road #since

When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some. ↗

— Brownie McGhee

#blazes #end #highway #never #path

We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway. ↗

— Barack Obama

#everybody #games #highway #just #like

Because you remember Meredith was walking along the highway there and somebody shot him. ↗

— Charles Phillips

#because #highway #him #meredith #remember

Discount air fares, a car in every parking space and the interstate highway system have made every place accessible - and every place alike. ↗

— Ronald Steel

#air #alike #car #discount #every

By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New Jersey projects to deteriorate and make New Jersey highways and bridges less safe. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#allow #bargain #bridges #bush #bush administration