#mat

As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#does #either #fact #forest #greater

There's something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as mates to make something happen. ↗

— Michael Hutchence

#age #australian #band #brothers #bunch

The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another. ↗

— David O. Selznick

#continuity #generation #i #improvement #life

All formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final. ↗

— Hypatia

#dogmatic #fallacious #final #formal #must

It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end. ↗

— Billy Idol

#about #alone #clothes #end #having

I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is. ↗

— Eric Idle

#charge #commune #decide #i #i think

The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts. ↗

— Ivan Illich

#actually #always #american #attitude #believe

Mr. Gonzales' failure to respond to questions legitimately posed to him by the Senate raises grave doubts in my mind as to his fitness to serve the people of the United States as their Attorney General. ↗

— Daniel Inouye

#attorney general #doubts #failure #fitness #general

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#materialism #optimism #education

It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some drawbacks. Women and men who have worked jobs that require manual labor all of their lives may not physically be able to do work until they are 70 years old. ↗

— Steve Israel

#about #age #cut #drawbacks #estimated