#pole

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#blind #direct #drive #entire #entire generation

I like underwater pole vaulting, because you can have perfect form without the risk. ↗

— Katie Hoff

#form #i #like #perfect #pole

Today, no less than in the past, the tetrahedral form of the earth and the relation of the tetrahedron to the poles and to the equator preserve the conditions that favor rapid evolution. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#earth #equator #evolution #favor #form

There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of the First World War. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

#certainly #consensus #even #first #first world

Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#bit #canadians #ethnic #europeans #immigration

Many of their lodges remained as perfect as when occupied. They were made of poles two or three inches in diameter, set up in circular form, and covered with cedar bark. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#cedar #circular #covered #diameter #form

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole. ↗

— Vicki Baum

#brings #cold #fame #ice #loneliness

Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#baby #book #cannibal #genuine #lovingly

I rode fire trucks, slid down fire poles, wore a lot of red, and made a lot of appearances. I've always had a special place in my heart for fire fighters. ↗

— Delta Burke

#appearances #down #fighters #fire #had

A newspaper is the center of a community, it's one of the tent poles of the community, and that's not going to be replaced by Web sites and blogs. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#center #community #going #newspaper #poles