#lan

In every island of the Aegean Sea are found abundant traces of a vast prehistoric empire. ↗

— James Theodore Bent

#empire #every #found #island #prehistoric

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#any #characteristic #essence #explanations #full

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time. ↗

— Leonard Bernstein

#enough #great #great things #needed #plan

Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional. ↗

— Donald Berwick

#any #care #civilized #definition #equitable

No one ever said that fighting the war against terrorism and defending our homeland would be easy. So let's support our troops, law enforcement workers, and our mission to keep our nation and our children safe in the days and years to come. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#children #come #days #defending #easy

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival? ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#austria #both #countries #cultural #france

If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness. ↗

— Gunther Grass

#age #busy #busyness #coincide #come

The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#beyond #dead #fire #language #living

The base emotions Plato banned have left a radio-active and not radiant land. ↗

— Libby Houston

#base #emotions #land #left #plato

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer. ↗

— Marilyn Horne

#composer #even #foreign #language #limited