#mon

The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat. ↗

— Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#ages #also #arguing #both #demonstrated

I do not find the supposed scientific consensus among my colleagues. Curiously, it is a feature of man-made global warming that every fact confirms it: rising temperatures or decreasing temperatures. No matter what the weather, some model of global warming offers a watertight explanation. ↗

— Javier Cuadros

#colleagues #confirms #consensus #curiously #decreasing

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow. ↗

— George William Curtis

#consecrated #liberty #our #sorrow

Crime, to the man of the forties, was an alien monstrous terror. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#crime #forties #man #monstrous #terror

Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#buy #deficit #essentially #made #money

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none. ↗

— Richard M. DeVos

#buy #cannot #heal #into #life

If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#fda #food #health #information #interest

Not one Republican president has balanced the budget in 34 years. You can not trust Republicans with your money. ↗

— Howard Dean

#budget #money #president #republican #republican president

Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money. ↗

— Iris Dement

#corporation #digging #information #make #money

The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#attention #careful #commonality #exchange #find