#rope

But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for. ↗

— Robert Falcon Scott

#been #cared #country #countrymen #depend

I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this. I would be very glad to tell you my life if you want to hear of it. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#any #asked #compulsion #especially #glad

When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into its proper place. But when one takes the scaffold down, the building must stand by itself with no trace of the means by which it was erected. That is how a musician should work. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#down #elaborate #erected #everything #get

The Kyoto treaty has failed, and it's failed even in Europe, which has had cap and tax since 2005. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#europe #even #failed #had #kyoto

We shouldn't waste any more time in making sure that democracy is properly rooted in our political life and the supremacy of the law becomes an integral part of our state's structure. ↗

— Ahmet Necdet Sezner

#becomes #democracy #integral #law #life

You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#american #backgrounds #college #compared #different

Property is organized robbery. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#property #robbery

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#europe #improve #supposed #until #up

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one. ↗

— William Shenstone

#bear #country #foreign #increasing #love

It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights Movement and the artistic revolution that was becoming a part of jazz. ↗

— Archie Shepp

#becoming #civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #establishment