#spread

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#age #before #changes #day #disillusioned

Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#ashes #best #comfort #cremated #die

Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#christian #east #establishing #ethical #ethics

The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#area #areas #christianity #especially #even

The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco, is 'He's spreading himself too thin.' ↗

— James Franco

#critique #franco #gonna #hearing #himself

I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox. ↗

— Edward Jenner

#comes #day #hope #human #human beings

If President Bush is serious about genocide, an immediate priority is to stop the cancer of Darfur from spreading further, which means working with France to shore up Chad and the Central African Republic. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#african #bush #cancer #central #chad

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#broad #communities #diversity #light #like

Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#distortions #effects #inexpensive #internet #lies

Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#inclination #spread #starts #unfortunately #whatever