#ra

The reason people blame things on previous generations is that there's only one other choice. ↗

— Doug Larson

#choice #generations #only #other #people

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate. ↗

— Doug Larson

#graduate #learning #never #trouble #you

Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany. ↗

— Erik Larson

#around #by the people #chaotic #character #country

Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books. ↗

— Erik Larson

#bookstore #certificate #choose #gift #give

We, of course, have the power of hindsight in our arsenal, but people living in Berlin in that era didn't. What would that have been like as this darkness fell over Germany? ↗

— Erik Larson

#been #berlin #course #darkness #era

It's marvellous, marvellous! Nothing will ever be as much fun. I'm going to photograph everything, everything! ↗

— Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#everything #fun #going #i #marvellous

The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#christians #hymns #israel #psalms #still

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. ↗

— Gary Larson

#changed #comparable #demands #diversity #earth

I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning. ↗

— Gary Larson

#cartooning #find #i #jazz #lot

I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians. ↗

— Gary Larson

#considered #graveyards #i #music #musicians