#might

It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#better #generally #good #languages #less

There are mighty few people who think what they think they think. ↗

— Robert Henri

#few people #mighty #people #think #who

It may be that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,' but I should be loath to see a rose on a maiden's breast substituted by a flower, however beautiful and fragrant it might be, that is went by the name of the skunk lily. ↗

— Alexander Henry

#beautiful #call #flower #fragrant #however

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! ↗

— Patrick Henry

#almighty god #chains #course #dear #death

On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women are coming!' Get 10 blacks and it's, 'Blacks are coming!' 'Hispanics are coming!' Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don't move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#blacks #bring #chairs #change #coming

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. ↗

— James Thurber

#face #fall #far #flat #lean

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations. ↗

— Alfred Jarry

#audience #comes #excuse #force #merely

I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got invited to assist Billy Graham in his memoirs, and had we known what we were putting off for a year, we might not have put it off. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#because #behind #billy #billy graham #book

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#around #better #decision #destroy #good

It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#anymore #been #being #compete #easier