#rve

I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them. ↗

— Roger Tory Peterson

#along #been #before #between #binoculars

My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#certainly #dad #flying #inspiration #now

I think there's always a call for people who are bucking the norm. But I don't expect it to happen now because I think that more than ever the entertainment industry is trying to serve as a distraction, to keep people from thinking too hard. ↗

— Guy Picciotto

#because #call #distraction #entertainment #entertainment industry

Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time. ↗

— Camille Pissarro

#believe #closely #error #great #mediums

I have had the good fortune to see how my articles have directly benefited some farmers and helped build markets for their products in a way that preserves land from development. That makes me a hopeless optimist. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#benefited #build #development #directly #farmers

When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers. ↗

— George Porter

#coffee #given #happiness #honour #indeed

For all their scare tactics, President Obama and Democrats have no plan whatsoever to preserve Medicare for future generations - or protect it for today's seniors and those nearing retirement. They did, however, cut Medicare by $700 billion to bankroll Obamacare. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#cut #democrats #did #future #future generations

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan deserve to come back to 21st century medical care. ↗

— Anthony Principi

#afghanistan #back #care #century #come

Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves. ↗

— Joseph Priestley

#like #politicians #society #teenagers #war

I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved. ↗

— Alain Prost

#bit #english #i #i think #look