#lane

The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of murder victims, and this was the sense in which it was used at a four-day conference in early June at Boston College. ↗

— Godfried Danneels

#also #boston #college #conference #crash

This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future. ↗

— Artur Davis

#control #debt #down #future #get

Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#comes #existence #first #intelligent #intelligent life

There's this very vulnerable planet of ours with finite resources. Architects and designers have, I think, a fair responsibility for conserving energy and materials, and making things durable. ↗

— Robin Day

#conserving #designers #durable #energy #fair

Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective. ↗

— Mos Def

#close #different #different world #everything #eyes

This land, this water, this air, this planet - this is our legacy to our young. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#land #legacy #our #planet #water

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#female #forces #found #full #groups

Any time I have to get on a plane and leave my kids for a few days, it's kind of tortuous. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#days #few #get #i #kids

On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#ignorance #immemorial #knowledge #our #plane

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. ↗

— Loren Eiseley

#magic #planet #water