#spite

I maintain, despite the moment's evidence against the claim, that we are born and grow up with a fondness for each other, and we have genes for that. We can be talked out of it, for the genetic message is like a distant music, and some of us are hard-of-hearing. Societies are noisy affairs, drowning out the sound of ourselves and our connection. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#against #born #claim #connection #despite

We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#arab countries #because #beliefs #circumstances #closely

Despite my involvement in difficult and sometimes controversial questions I have received consistent support from the people of Ashfield. They have recognised that it is necessary to take difficult decisions, that newspapers do not always report fairly or accurately. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#always #consistent #controversial #decisions #despite

A delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#delusion #despite #evidence #lack #people

But despite historic levels of obstruction, President Obama was able to bring the economy back from the verge of a second Great Depression. ↗

— Steny Hoyer

#back #bring #depression #despite #economy

Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country. ↗

— Yahya Jammeh

#despite #emerged #odds #people

There are over 2,000 direct clones of the Groupon business model. However, there's an equal amount of proof that the barriers to success are enormous. In spite of all those competitors, only a handful are remotely relevant. ↗

— Andrew Mason

#barriers #business #business model #clones #competitors

Those of us who actually were working in the region at the time will point out how strongly committed we were to supporting the democratic process and encouraging elections, in spite of the fact that a war was going on in several of these countries. ↗

— John Negroponte

#committed #countries #democratic #democratic process #elections

You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing. ↗

— Walker Percy

#age #because #deranged #doing #faintest

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say In spite of all! has the calling for politics. ↗

— Max Weber

#calling #crumble #face #his #offer