#largely

As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a 'Near Great' even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#even #every #extremely #finally #good

The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#colonial #exemplified #grid #largely #material

Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will take good care that their illiteracy is not made a reproach on them. ↗

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

#educational #good #hands #illiteracy #illiterate

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. ↗

— Gary Larson

#changed #comparable #demands #diversity #earth

Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism, of which modern art is largely a mirror image. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#consumerism #image #just #largely #make

Our safety at home and the cause of freedom abroad is largely contingent upon our success in Iraq. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#cause #contingent #freedom #home #iraq

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read. ↗

— Sinclair Lewis

#authors #come #funnier #hope #largely

She has great problems of her own to solve, very grim and perilous problems, and a right solution, if we can attain to it, would largely benefit mankind. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#benefit #great #great problems #grim #her

Most were beginning to feel they had learned enough to last for the rest of their lives. They remained mathematicians, but largely went their own way. ↗

— Benoit Mandelbrot

#enough #feel #had #largely #last

Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#character #colored #come #contact #day