#reference

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time. ↗

— Frederick Jackson Turner

#anew #conception #conditions #each #form

And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before--and thus was the Empire forged. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#grammar #grammar-humor #humor #humour #science-fiction

For whatever reason, there are people we like and people we don't like. It's hard to say why, and often a difficult opinion to change. Luckily, there's no steadfast rule stating that we must like everyone. But to keep from disliking ourselves, we should develop the good character to treat everyone kindly, whether or not we deem them deserving. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#dislikes #kindness #likes #personalities #preferences

My own personal preference is that the consumer, the individual person should be protected because individual people and the difference between individual people and the diversity we have between people on the planet is so important. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

#between #consumer #difference #diversity #important

My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#day #front #preference #someone #sticks

I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point. ↗

— Yann Martel

#canadian #four #i #live #more

I enjoy all aspects of it, I don't have a preference for any medium. I think each of them has its attractions and I would hope they each inform the other in some way. ↗

— Cillian Murphy

#aspects #attractions #each #enjoy #hope

But I would assert that despite the wide variety of yoga options and individual preferences, there is one universal element: the union of consciousness and movement, breath and awareness. ↗

— Carre Otis

#awareness #breath #consciousness #despite #element

When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#cat #gift #hand #her #indeed

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds. ↗

— Petrarch

#almost #begin #bounds #concerning #differ