#ran

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#cease #country #democracy #democratic #effectively

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#beings #capacity #granted #human #human beings

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#ignorance #know #most #want

Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#grandeur #make #nation #size #territory

We make programming decisions on a day-to-day basis. We sell advertising on a day-to-day basis. This is the way networks operate. This is the way all television stations operate. This is the way most businesses operate when you have a number of affiliates or a number of franchises. It's the way the business operates. ↗

— Mark E. Hyman

#affiliates #basis #business #businesses #day-to-day

Through my work and travels I have been lucky enough to have been exposed to various eclectic cuisine running the gamut from small local cafes to iconic five-star restaurants. ↗

— Mark Hyman

#cuisine #eclectic #enough #exposed #gamut

Remember those black-and-white films with Frank Sinatra? Those guys looked like men and they were only 27! Listen to Otis Redding singing 'Try A Little Tenderness'. That was a man who understood what a man has to know in the world. Show me a real man now! Where are they? ↗

— Chrissie Hynde

#black-and-white #films #frank #frank sinatra #guys

Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys. ↗

— Scott Ian

#frank #frank zappa #guys #insane #rock

Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied. ↗

— Janis Ian

#people #rather #some #some people #stay

The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester? ↗

— Eric Idle

#appeal #give #him #issued #lift