#than

In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#buildings #burning #destroyed #explosives #fires

The 200 years when Britain and the US were the top two economies were an aberration and that will change. The decline of empires has happened much faster than folks think. I believe that gold will be a far better bet in 20 years than the dollar. ↗

— Tom Winnifrith

#believe #bet #better #britain #change

Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love. ↗

— Charles Peguy

#genius #itself #love #love is #rarer

I don't feel any older now than when I was 70. ↗

— John Patrick

#feel #i #now #older #than

Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them! ↗

— Padraic Pearse

#bloodshed #cleansing #final #horrible #horror

Well if I was going to describe my audience, it's going to take longer than you'd ever expect, hundreds of years in fact, because there's many of them, all over the world. ↗

— Norman Wisdom

#because #describe #ever #expect #fact

I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#got #her #i #librarian #me

A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance and press for admission. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

#come #discoverer #great #great idea #great ideas

We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#creative #creative work #funds #more #spend

Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly mechanical thing. ↗

— Joseph Priestley

#case #doctrine #general #ideas #mechanical