#rio

And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see. ↗

— Donald Cargill

#day #did #ever #eyes #glorious

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#believe #cottage #descended #inferior #man

People like Arvo Part would not have been taken seriously 20 years ago. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#been #like #part #people #seriously

There are some legitimate security issues, but I believe many of the objections the administration is making are not for security reasons, but to disguise mistakes that were made prior to Sept. 11. ↗

— Bob Graham

#believe #disguise #i #i believe #issues

To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin. ↗

— Martin Buber

#glorious #how #old #unlearned

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#i #intelligence #like #seriously #take

You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#bundle #come #damn #damn thing #dry

Our favorite holding period is forever. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#favorite #forever #holding #our #period

Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

#come #crowds #first #had #listen

It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land. ↗

— Sitting Bull

#being #even #inhabit #land #mysterious