#la

The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#considerations #does #essentially #exist #fact

I would love to sing with Ella Fitzgerald. ↗

— Crystal Waters

#ella fitzgerald #fitzgerald #i #love #sing

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#blacks #conscious #hideous #like #oppression

For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#alarm #cause #cultures #deeper #fire

To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#changes #clear #conception #function #mind

Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#every #fresh #into #only #pangs

What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#educated #individual #laws #marriage #matters

The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#above #apart #flaws #gets #great

If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln. ↗

— Sam Waterston

#born #going #least #lincoln #play

Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining? ↗

— George C. Wallace

#air force #been #bombers #bombing #complaining