#rove

I do disapprove very strongly of labelling children, especially young children, as something like 'Catholic children' or 'Protestant children' or 'Islamic children.' ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#children #disapprove #especially #i #i do

Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#coverage #improved #item #need #news

The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#charter #control #dynamism #enlightenment #enough

I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#activist #animal #animal rights #care #compassion

Scientific advancement should aim to affirm and to improve human life. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#affirm #aim #human #human life #improve

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish. ↗

— Demosthenes

#foolish #known #men #proved #sound

Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned. ↗

— Judi Dench

#anything #concerned #elderly #far #i

I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is. ↗

— Matthew Vaughn

#directing #everyone #had #hard #i

I have something to prove, as long as I know there's something that needs improvement, and you know that everytime I move, I make a woman's movement. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#i #improvement #know #long #make

Be happy NOW. This moment is all you’ve got ↗

— Elizabeth Grace Saunders

#happiness #inspiration #inspirational-attitude #live-in-the-here-and-now #live-in-the-moment