#rally

The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#extent #few #history #known #languages

She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run away. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#away #cows #enough #face #facts

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#distrust #generally #greatest #human #human mind

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#easier #generally #good #heroes #novelists

I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning. ↗

— Patrick McHenry

#got #had #i #into #laughed

I'll exercise in spurts, usually inspired by a dress that I have to fit into. But once that gown is squeezed into, if I continue to exercise, I get sick or I pull my back. For some reason my body literally rejects exercise. ↗

— Debra Messing

#body #continue #dress #exercise #fit

Of course, the world is full of problems. But on the other hand it's important to get the sense... are we generally moving in the right direction or the wrong direction? ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#direction #full #generally #get #hand

I think it's very important to have a sense of balance in covering the war, but you don't have to be morally neutral about terrorism. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#balance #covering #i #i think #important

Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#care #change #effective #forcing #generally

The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would expand research on embryonic stem cells by increasing the number of lines stem cells that would be eligible for federally funded research. ↗

— Steve Israel

#cell #cell research #cells #eligible #embryonic