#mo

When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation hadn't changed since ancient times. An imperial messenger on the Roman roads could get from Rome to London even faster in A.D. 100 than in 1750. But by 1850, and even more obviously today, all of that has changed. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#about #ancient #ancient times #argue #century

It's not charming to go on a show and say, I dunno. It doesn't fool anybody. There's nothing glamorous about it at all. ↗

— Jeff Goldblum

#anybody #charming #dunno #fool #glamorous

The movie feels to me like a real work of lovely art. ↗

— Jeff Goldblum

#feels #like #lovely #me #movie

You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#evening #expectation #go #houses #know

The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. We know that if he stops moving and does not get off he will fall off. ↗

— William Golding

#does #fall #get #got #journey

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#diamonds #i #neck #rather #roses

It is essential that we realize once and for all that man is much more of a sex creature than a moral creature. The former is inherent, the other is grafted on. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#essential #former #grafted #inherent #man

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#demand #equal #equal rights #every #fair

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#forgive #motto #rather #should #understand

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#most #sin #society #thought #unpardonable