#single

More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion. ↗

— Harvey Milk

#been #friends #more #more people #name

Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars! ↗

— Marvin Minsky

#cars #difference #drives #example #for example

Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-single #brave #confidence #independence #loving-yourself

It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

#focus #hard #hold #long #single

Democrats single out glaring examples of tax preferences or spending priorities that favor the wealthy and Republicans cry 'class warfare!' ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#class warfare #cry #democrats #examples #favor

When we won the league championship, all the married guys on the club had to thank their wives for putting up with all the stress and strain all season. I had to thank all the single broads in New York. ↗

— Joe Namath

#championship #club #guys #had #i

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#his #house #lincoln #nothing #practically

No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation. ↗

— Frank Norris

#by the people #did #end #ever #generation

In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation may hang upon a single act, we owe frank speech, above all other men, to him who is highest in authority. I shall speak to you as man to man. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#act #authority #days #fate #frank

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

#cannot #disposition #increase #only #ounce