#nor

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came. ↗

— Jefferson Davis

#came #could #day #govern #i

Crisis alone is not enough. There must also be a basis, though it need be neither rational nor ultimately correct, for faith in the particular candidate chosen. ↗

— Thomas Kuhn

#also #basis #candidate #chosen #correct

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#almost #become #boast #boasts #claim

I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#attack #defending #deliberate #devote #enough

I once wrote that anybody who believes the world is only 6,000 years old is either ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#believes #either #i #ignorant #insane

Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted. ↗

— Charles Foster Bass

#best #children #despite #efforts #families

I'd love to be the first one to say this, but it automatically turns into - we all have those responsibilities that we ignore because we don't feel like they're ours. ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#be the first #because #feel #first #i

Our national media refuses to report that even the Supreme Court did not say marriage was a human right in all cases nor did it say that the heterosexual definition violated anyone's right or that the heterosexual definition of marriage was unconstitutional. ↗

— Stockwell Day

#cases #court #definition #did #even

This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#carolina #colorful #colorless #does #excel

But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me. ↗

— Taylor Dayne

#down #inspiring #jones #like #me