#present

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#believe #charms #contemplating #faults #flatter

I am certain that the United States next year, under a new president - regardless whether it's Obama or McCain - will present an ambitious program promoting renewable energies and energy efficiency. Europe could quickly fall behind. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#ambitious #behind #certain #could #efficiency

Spending on programs such as national defense and funding the operating budgets of all federal agencies represent only 39 percent of our yearly budget, an all-time low. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#all-time #budget #budgets #defense #federal

In my almost ten years in the House of Representatives, I have voted consistently to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in environmentally friendly ways. ↗

— Virgil Goode

#almost #companies #consistently #drill #environmentally

Our present nuclear fusion reactors are classified by the methods used to support the nuclear fusion reaction, which takes place at a temperature much hotter than the surface of the Sun. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#fusion #hotter #methods #much #nuclear

And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life - it lives in the constant present. ↗

— John Guare

#back #ballet #city #coming #constant

Before I proposed to my now-wife, I was understandably nervous. My father suggested that I take stock of all of my experiences and relationships with women, from my earliest memories to present day, and see if I had learned anything that might inform my decision. ↗

— Justin Halpern

#before #day #decision #earliest #earliest memories

It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable work in England and Germany, under intelligent control. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

#comparable #conditions #contrast #control #demonstrating

I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things. ↗

— Ed Harris

#least #listen #me #most #national

For us Australians, Singapore also represents sacred soil. Almost 2000 Australians died here in the defense of your island country and our neighborhood. ↗

— Michael Jeffery

#also #australians #country #defense #died