#rot

When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#culture #goes #itself #norms #outside

My parents didn't give me any scope to feel sorry for myself. They were just like 'go play with your brother, go climb a tree, go fall off your motorbike, do whatever you want. Don't come crying to us when you get scratched. You've got prosthetic legs - that's very nice.' ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#brother #climb #come #crying #fall

No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#child #constituency #does #exist #politician

I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don't discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that's very telling. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#accomplished #awards #books #discuss #final

I look and there's our boy from Vietnam and our daughter from Ethiopia, and our girl was born in Namibia, and our son is from Cambodia, and they're brothers and sisters, man. They're brothers and sisters and it's a sight for elation. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#boy #brothers #cambodia #daughter #elation

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. ↗

— Plato

#first #other #protector #root #springs

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother. ↗

— Plautus

#best #brother #comparative #know #only

Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#increasingly #protect #responsibility #science #scientists

Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#conceded #geneva #government #moral #pressure

Although I agree that wild horses are a symbol of the American West, I also believe that it is the responsibility of Congress to ensure that these animals are managed, protected, and controlled in an effective manner. ↗

— Jon Porter

#also #although #american #believe #congress