#mis

That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#argument #debate #instead #missing #sorts

I had great control, I never missed hitting the other's fellow bat. ↗

— Bill Terry

#control #fellow #great #had #hitting

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#economists #i #infrastructure #rail #road

I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law. ↗

— Andrew Thomas

#before #community #corrupt #god #i

Most of the time I've worked in labs if I didn't encounter something in a week entirely unexpected and surprising I'd consider it a lost week. Lots of that is due to mistakes and stupidity, but it could open a new line of inquiry. Something really good turns up once in a hundred times, but it makes the whole day worthwhile. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#could #day #due #encounter #entirely

Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it is the alchemists in the laboratories who invent the sweet new kits. ↗

— E. P. Thompson

#alternative #argument #because #could #examine

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger. ↗

— Kate Adie

#armed #contrary #danger #escort #even

I never promised you a rose garden. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#i #never #promised #rose #you

We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be. ↗

— John Astin

#believe #better #better off #change #damaged

Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who fail feel worthless. ↗

— Kenneth Baker

#believe #cannot #case #confusing #fail