#if

If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a small crumb of comfort. No such prospect exists: no scientific analysis can even remotely answer or account for past and present horrors of human behaviour. ↗

— Simon Conway Morris

#analysis #answer #barbarian #behaviour #clear

I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third sound out of things, if the beats were rapid enough. ↗

— Sunny Murray

#beats #between #deep #difference #enough

There's always been some moron-who usually went by the name of 'producer' - who would have to justify his existence, and interfere. ↗

— Frank Tashlin

#been #existence #his #interfere #justify

I was set free, because my greatest fear had already been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#life

Cuts in carbon emissions would mean significantly higher electricity prices. We think the American consumer would prefer not to be skinned by Obama's EPA. ↗

— Fred Upton

#american consumer #carbon #consumer #cuts #electricity

That person has to be accountable for himself. I think that's what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone else's life. ↗

— Herschel Walker

#always #else #himself #i #i think

A true dreamer is one who knows how to navigate in the dark”. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#church #conferences #john-paul #john-paul-warren #leaders

What more could he need, this old man whose little leisure was divided between day-time gardening and night-time contemplation? Was not that narrow space with the sky its ceiling room enough for the worship of God in the most delicate of his works and in the most sublime? A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in -what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#inspirational #life #dreams

I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness. ↗

— Huey Newton

#being #bring #chamber #community #consciousness

How could it ever be to our purpose to rob another living being of his or her purpose? ↗

— Will Tuttle

#compassion #life #diet