#mo

No I don't think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was a myth, which obviously seems like it's going to get worse and worse. ↗

— Lester Bangs

#country #experiencing #get #going #i

No, I see it as meaning very little at the moment because none of the groups are about anything. ↗

— Lester Bangs

#anything #because #groups #i #i see

Although the far territory of the extreme can exert an intoxicating pull on susceptible individuals of all bents, extremism seems to be especially prevalent among those inclined by temperament or upbringing toward religious pursuits. Faith is the very antithesis of reason, injudiciousness a crucial component of spiritual devotion. And when religious fanaticism supplants ratiocination, all bets are suddenly off. ↗

— Jon Krakauer

#faith #mormon #reason #religion #faith

I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs. ↗

— Hannes Alfven

#backward #begin #believed #epochs #i

Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ↗

— Hannes Alfven

#astrology #astronomy #believe #every #few

I’ll show you a fag, you little bitch. I’ll fuck-start your head! ↗

— C.J. Roberts

#humor

The things which are most important don't always scream the loudest. ↗

— Bob Hawke

#important #loudest #most #scream #things

The only way God can strengthen his presence in our will is to weaken his presence in our feelings. Otherwise we would become spiritual cripples, unable to walk without emotional crutches. This is why he gives us dryness, sufferings, and failures. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#faith #god #prayer #sufferings #faith

Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health ... what have the Romans ever done for us? Brought peace! ↗

— Graham Chapman

#romans #education

Wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the Midol. ↗

— Denise Jaden

#confidence #humor #faith