#sm

For years, even before 9/11, I've been trying to warn that the threat from amateur biolabs will ultimately turn out to be far more troublesome than leakage from military labs - perhaps even more costly and deadly than nuclear terrorism. ↗

— Greg Bear

#been #before #costly #deadly #even

It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism. ↗

— Mary Ritter Beard

#automatically #been #beneath #carried #grievous

I've always been supportive of the right of Israel as a state, and I've always fought against anti-Semitism, even in my own community. ↗

— Harry Belafonte

#always #anti-semitism #been #community #even

Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism. ↗

— Daniel Bell

#america #been #discussion #europe #grubby

To silence criticism is to silence freedom. ↗

— Sidney Hook

#freedom #silence

Anyway, two men hugging each other is against nature. A ram should not hug another ram, and a he-goat should not hug another he-goat! Let a he-dog embrace a she-dog, and let a female cattle hug a bull, but a stallion should not embrace another stallion, and a cock should not reach for another cock! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#men

Have any of our friends got off the Island with their families, or what must they submit to? Despotism or destruction, I fear, is their fate. ↗

— William Floyd

#despotism #destruction #families #fate #fear

Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#against #decision #differ #everyone #exposed

Blue oblivion, largely lit, smiled and smiled at me. ↗

— William Rose Benet

#largely #lit #me #oblivion #smiled

I've spent enough time with soldiers to know that once they get to know you and they loosen up and become themselves, they are some of the biggest hams and most charismatic, cocky, fun, humorous guys I've ever met. ↗

— Peter Berg

#biggest #charismatic #cocky #enough #ever