#pi

Umpires are necessary evils. ↗

— Doug Harvey

#necessary #umpires

Do no dishonour to the earth least you dishonour the spirit of man. ↗

— Henry Beston

#earth #least #man #spirit #you

But what then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated it may be, can be compared? For there to be equivalence, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal who had warned his victim of the date at which he would inflict a horrible death on him and who, from that moment onward, had confined him at his mercy for months. Such a monster is not encountered in private life. ↗

— Albert Camus

#murder #dating

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man. ↗

— William Beveridge

#common man #glory #government #happiness #man

Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#apollo #big #contributor #doubt #engineering

Some people come and go and are forgotten. But there are other people who share a part in our destinies. They come, they go, but they are never forgotten. They come, they go, but even after they go... they're still here. They never really went anywhere. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#humanity #inspirational-love #inspirational-relationships #the-human-experience #the-unforgotten-ones

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#discovery #involved #serendipity

I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to do with what punk is about. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#almost #chain #i #i think #malls

I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a home, at least I'll have a window with a view. ↗

— Joe Biden

#go #home #hoping #i #kids

In order for American Pie to have worked, you have to have a character who, even while he is humping a pie, the audience still likes. ↗

— Jason Biggs

#american pie #audience #character #even #humping