#ms

There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism. ↗

— Edward Steichen

#carry #earth #had #hadn #here

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act. ↗

— Charles Darwin

#allow #created #governed #insect #laws

If he didn't fall in love he would have never come back near the end of the film. Because, what man is going to dishonor himself so that he comes back in front of the man that took a woman away from him... and warns her to save her life? ↗

— Rod Steiger

#back #because #come #comes #dishonor

I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#boston #composed #did #done #ever

At the moment, in Britain we're facing such enormous cutbacks in education programs and music programs and art programs that you feel you are knocking your head against a brick wall. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#art #brick #brick wall #britain #cutbacks

Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network. ↗

— Artur Davis

#congress #four-year #getting #network #out

I'm terribly sad about Farrah's passing. She was incredibly brave, and God will be welcoming her with open arms. ↗

— Cheryl Ladd

#arms #brave #god #her #i

I've been on teams that lost a hundred games in a season. I've been on teams that had a shot to make the playoffs and fizzled out at the end. ↗

— Chili Davis

#end #games #had #hundred #i

I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#dad #farm #farms #i #lot

As we enter into the 110th Congress, it is imperative that we address ethics reforms needed to make this institution run correctly. ↗

— Jo Ann Davis

#congress #correctly #enter #ethics #imperative