#spread

My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#converts #different #different parts #early #father

In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources safe, we have had to spread assets, encrypt everything, and move telecommunications and people around the world to activate protective laws in different national jurisdictions. ↗

— Julian Assange

#around #assets #attacks #been #different

Depression is rage spread thin. ↗

— George Santayana

#rage #spread #thin

The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#grow #latest #news #old #television

The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen. ↗

— Girolamo Savonarola

#fishermen #force #glory #his #knows

There was a widespread indignation in the American media. They were saying, 'How can you make a movie during an election that's about politics? What are you doing? Are you trying to influence people's lives?' To which my response was, 'Well, I hope so.' ↗

— John Sayles

#american #american media #doing #during #election

Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results. ↗

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

#hope #instant #reaction #results #spread

Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#eclipse #fact #human #human reason #intolerance

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over. ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#does #fertilizer #good #heap #little

The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information, or restrict Internet access to the ruling elite and turn your back on the 21st century, as North Korea has done. ↗

— Peter Singer

#accept #access #back #century #done