#story

The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good. ↗

— L. Sprague de Camp

#civilization #engineering #forces #good #long

Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history. ↗

— Anita Baker

#capture #close #come #completeness #describing

Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of "The Lord of the Rings". From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were fascinated with the story. This is something that does not happen usually. ↗

— Sean Bean

#department #does #everyone #fascinated #happen

Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly. ↗

— Cecil Beaton

#been #covered #fashion #high #history

While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant people, as a writer I just think about the humorous aspects of these things - that's what keeps me going when I'm writing a story. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#agree #aspects #even #going #humorous

Happy is the nation without a history. ↗

— Cesare Beccaria

#history #nation #without

The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#american history #declaration #history #independence #part

I'm not interested in breaking news. I'm interested in telling the story of what's going on and then trying to figure it out. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#figure #going #i #interested #news

What I do know is that with a celebrity's death comes an avalanche of media, and in that media is most often another death - it takes a life that is filled with complicated talent, hope, success and drive and reduces it to the 'story.' ↗

— James Belushi

#avalanche #celebrity #comes #complicated #death

To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin. ↗

— Michael Beschloss

#always #assassination #boy #coffin #father