#prima

Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#centuries #danger #deaths #drama #expanding

It's not at all good when your cancer is 'palpable' from the outside. Especially when, as at this stage, they didn't even know where the primary source was. Carcinoma works cunningly from the inside out. Detection and treatment often work more slowly and gropingly, from the outside in. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#detection #especially #even #good #inside

Political pandering comes in all shapes and sizes, but every four years the presidential primary bring us in contact with its purest form - praising ethanol subsidies amid the corn fields of Iowa. ↗

— John Sununu

#bring #comes #contact #corn #ethanol

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. ↗

— Robert M. Parker, Jr.

#appetite #food #good #primary #requisite

Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#instinct #man #passion #primarily

I'm primarily just an investor. ↗

— Scott Adams

#investor #just #primarily

Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid. ↗

— Dave Barry

#biological #breasts #function #make #males

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual. ↗

— Edward Bellamy

#dignity #individual #primal #principle #worth

I must assert in the most unqualified way that it is primarily and mainly for the sake of saving the soul that I seek the salvation of the body. ↗

— William Booth

#body #i #mainly #most #must

What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#build #care #leader #lots #majority