#now

True there has been more talk of peace since 1945 than, I should think, at any other time in history. At least we hear more and read more about it because man's words, for good or ill, can now so easily reach the millions. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#any #because #been #easily #good

Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and its aftermath have made economic and social progress a political imperative in every quarter of the globe. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#economic #every #expectation #general #globe

Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#after #am #athletics #believe #exhilaration

It's interesting. I've known quite a few good athletes that can't begin to play a beat on the drum set. Most team sport is about the smooth fluidity of hand-eye coordination and physical grace, where drumming is much more about splitting all those things up. ↗

— Neil Peart

#athletes #beat #begin #coordination #drum

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers. ↗

— Charles Peguy

#bellow #does #himself #knows #liars

Took us a great amount of strength to get them into the world, and for them to be in the world. I think that their little spirits, you know, just said, well, we're going to be there. So it makes it very special because of it. ↗

— Cheryl Tiegs

#because #get #going #great #i

Chris Martin's a good friend of mine. I'm actually Apple's godfather. He's an old friend and we've been mates for quite a few years now. ↗

— Simon Pegg

#apple #been #chris #few #friend

All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite. ↗

— Charles Sanders Peirce

#evolution #know #proceeds #vague

It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know how it must turn out at last. ↗

— Charles Sanders Peirce

#dismiss #envy #how #impossible #know

It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you. ↗