#may

It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#education #england #may #neglect #portion

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#cause #creed #designated #desire #faith

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. ↗

— Richard Bach

#again #before #certain #dismayed #farewell

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#knowing #learn #leave #may #smartest

I was blown away by the standing ovation. I've had tributes before, sure, but I don't retain that feeling, and I wasn't prepared for it on Tuesday. But maybe you shouldn't retain these things or you'd be on a permanent high. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#before #blown #blown away #feeling #had

I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a - a call for the federal constitutional amendment, because people want to make sure that this definition of marriage remains secure, because after all, the family is the fundamental unit of government. ↗

— Michele Bachmann

#again #amendment #because #call #constitutional

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#easily #extinguish #fame #fire #good

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. ↗

— Roger Bacon

#conclusive #does #doubt #experiment #finds

Sometimes it's literally just a feeling that you get that somebody is more interested than someone else; and they may both say they're interested, but you get a feeling. ↗

— John Badham

#else #feeling #get #interested #just

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy. ↗

— Joan Baez

#clearing #despair #end #far #happy