#ted

Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space. ↗

— Walter Lang

#created #earth #elements #evolution #insignificant

The United States is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, yet its inhabitants are strikingly unhappy. Accordingly, we present to the rest of mankind, on a planet rife with suffering and tragedy, the spectacle of a clown civilization. Sustained on a clown diet rich in sugar and fat, we have developed a clown physiognomy. We dress like clowns. We move about a landscape filled with cartoon buildings in clownmobiles, absorbed in clownish activities. We fill our idle hours enjoying the canned antics of professional clowns... Death, when we acknowledge it, is just another pratfall on the boob tube. Bang! You're dead! ↗

— James Howard Kunstler

#clown #clowns #community #social-criticism #the-united-states

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. ↗

— Thomas Macaulay

#because #gave #hated #pain #pleasure

The work completed during the special session was just the beginning. During those six days we lit a spark that will positively impact the lives of our children and grandchildren, but the full fire is yet to come. ↗

— Joe Manchin III

#children #come #completed #days #during

The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#broadcasters #campaign #campaign finance #campaign finance reform #finance

If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ↗

— Daniel Keys Moran

#anything #committed #does #everyone #field

The actual process of filmmaking, the many hours out of your life- it is very slow and boring. I'm not interested in that now unless an opportunity was provided for me. ↗

— Rick Moranis

#actual process #boring #filmmaking #hours #i

The Republicans won the women's vote in 2010. It was the first time since Ronald Reagan that the Republicans had won the women's vote. And when you look at the issues that really drove women to the Republican Party, it's been the issues related to the economy, to jobs, the debt. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#debt #drove #economy #first #first time

In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#fantastic #i #prose #sophisticated #stories

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom. ↗

— Robin Morgan

#become #begin #cause #committed #fight