#rope

It is time we in Scotland put England in its proper place and instead of our leaning on England and taking inspiration from her, we should lean and turn to Europe, for it is there our future prosperity lies. ↗

— Hugh MacDiarmid

#europe #future #her #inspiration #instead

Some people may get in to the building without the proper passes and things, but I think that's the price you pay for being an open place for people to come. ↗

— Margo MacDonald

#building #come #get #i #i think

In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#citizen #civilisation #difficult #europe #evidence

Incidentally, the long-held idea that spices were used to mask rotting food doesn't stand up to much scrutiny. The only people who could afford most spices were the ones least likely to have bad meat, and anyway spices were too valuable to be used as a mask. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#spices #spicy-food #food

Skateboarding teaches you how to take a fall properly. If you try to kickflip down some stairs, it might take you thirty tries - and you just learn how to take a tumble out of it without getting hurt. ↗

— Bam Margera

#fall #getting #how #hurt #just

I personally really like getting a proper album with artwork and everything. ↗

— Chris Martin

#artwork #everything #getting #i #like

Everyone in my country understands that Russia cannot do without Europe and that, vice versa, Europe cannot do without Russia. We depend on cooperation. ↗

— Valentina Matviyenko

#cooperation #country #depend #europe #everyone

St. Petersburg is a gem of world culture and Russia's most European city. ↗

— Valentina Matviyenko

#culture #european #gem #most #petersburg

Too rich to be relevant to the world's poor, [Europe] attracts immigration but cannot encourage imitation. Too passive regarding international security. Too self-satisfied, it acts as if its central political goal is to become the worlds most comfortable retirement home. Too set in its ways, it fears multicultural diversity ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#european-union #home

In a few hundred years you have achieved in America what it took thousands of years to achieve in Europe. ↗

— David McCallum

#achieved #america #europe #few #hundred