#som

Some day, somebody is going to have to start talking about what happens to us all a decade from now if we let these North Koreans and the Iranians go forward with their nuclear weapons program. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#day #decade #forward #go #going

On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#bless #concerned #i #me #offer

What has always surprised me when I walk into a bookstore is the number of books that you can find that are written with certainty. The authors tell some story as though it's true, but they don't have any evidence that it is true! ↗

— David Eagleman

#any #authors #books #bookstore #certainty

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#deserted #favour #god #goodness #i

I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#christianity #did #encounter #found #happened

Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around. ↗

— Sylvia Earle

#around #bay #belt #big #big fish

You know, some of the good part of blog theory was that blogs would be like diaries that the world could read. They would be spontaneous, whatever pops into your mind, as a diary would be. ↗

— Gregg Easterbrook

#blogs #could #diaries #diary #good

That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#approaches #believed #claim #creative #degree

Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#came #comeback #considered #disappointed #every

I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#breakdown #certainly #edge #gay #i