#quen

Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#christian #east #establishing #ethical #ethics

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness. ↗

— Gilda Radner

#creativity #die #gift #glorious #life

Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must be the goal of our foreign policy tools, whether they be by the stick or by the carrot. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#best #carrot #disagree #east #even

Europe must dissipate any doubts over the euro, affirm that the euro is an irreversible project and act in consequence. ↗

— Mariano Rajoy

#affirm #any #consequence #dissipate #doubts

And now the sequence of events in no particular order. ↗

— Dan Rather

#now #order #particular #sequence

We believe that the Federal Reserve has to carry on with a progressive increase in interest rates as a consequence of the American economy. ↗

— Rodrigo Rato

#american economy #believe #carry #consequence #economy

Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#edged #handle #hurt #infrequently #much

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

#only #orator #poor #shows #talk

As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#became #could #earthquake #experience #fact

There is another common misapprehension that the magnitude scale is itself some kind of instrument or apparatus. Visitors will frequently ask to 'see the scale.' ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#apparatus #ask #common #frequently #instrument