#nit

Bourgeois society is not fundamentally opposed to the bourgeois women's movement, which is proven by the fact that in various states reforms of private and public laws concerning women have been initiated. ↗

— Clara Zetkin

#bourgeois #concerning #fact #fundamentally #initiated

Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate, and I have learned a lot. ↗

— Joe Biden

#i #i came #i have learned #learned #lot

You're president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input. ↗

— Joe Biden

#conclude #i #input #judgment #opportunity

Those who loved with all their heart and mind and might have always thought of death, and those who knew the endless nights of harrowing concern for others have longed for it. The life I want is a life I could not endure in eternity. It is a life of love and intensity, suffering and creation, that makes life worthwhile and death welcome. There is no other life I should prefer. Neither should I like not to die." (The Faith of a Heretic) ↗

— Walter Kaufmann

#creativity #death #eternity #love #walter-kaufmann

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#dividing #domain #eternity #hope #part

Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#commonly #consist #degree #found #high

What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#grail #holy #holy grail #me #most

If we are to meet the growing electricity demand in the United States without significantly increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, we must maintain a diverse supply of electricity, and nuclear power must be part of that mix. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#diverse #electricity #emissions #gases #greenhouse

Exactly. That's what's been happening here for the past ten thousand years: You've been doing what you damn well please with the world. And of course you mean to go right on doing what you damn well please with it, because the whole damn thing belongs to you. ↗

— Daniel Quinn

#humanity #humans #life #ownership #life

Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#certainly #decreed #infinite #league #little