#tho

On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top of a tree seen in the clear water under the boat was the only evidence of its existence; though a few hours ago it had formed so prominent an object. ↗

— George Grey

#boat #clear #could #down #embarking

Sunrise offered a very beautiful spectacle; the water was quite unruffled, but the motion communicated by the tides was so great that, although there was not a breath of air stirring, the sea heaved slowly with a grand and majestic motion. ↗

— George Grey

#although #beautiful #breath #communicated #grand

Although it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you, by whom my life should rather have been lengthened, yet can I patiently take it, that I yield God more hearty thanks for shortening my woeful days. ↗

— Jane Grey

#been #days #death #god #hasten

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances. ↗

— Pam Grier

#circumstances #i #i came #part #poverty

It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong. ↗

— John Grierson

#conflicting #happens #important #more #often

My personal view is that such total planning by the state is an absolute good and not simply a relative good... I do not myself think of the attitude I take as deriving from Marx - though this undoubtedly will be suggested - but from Fichte and Hegel. ↗

— John Grierson

#attitude #deriving #good #hegel #i

My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning. ↗

— John Grierson

#capitalist #central #entering #function #individual

An author's characters do what he wants them to do. ↗

— W. E. B. Griffin

#characters #them #wants

We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama. ↗

— Rachel Griffiths

#being #civil #civil rights #drama #exposed

My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though. ↗

— Richard Griffiths

#feeling #form #i #might #physical