#ore

The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history as a sure and steady march toward greatness. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#forget #golden #greatness #history #march

Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure. ↗

— George H. Mead

#before #blocked #cautious #delicacy #entrance

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#before #box #ever #family #impossible

For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#being #censored #elders #first #first time

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#adult #any #become #before #him

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#before #censored #elders #first #first time

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#carbon #especially #farms #forests #how

I like doing films and I wish that I could do more but I still have to audition. I don't get offered starring roles in movies even though I've written and starred in a movie. ↗

— Tim Meadows

#could #doing #even #films #get

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#before #grand #grand jury #had #i

The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be worth more than it is now. The sword of famine is less sparing than the bayonet of the soldier. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#bayonet #country #fail #famine #glory