#thor

No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never be in a condition to repeat it backwards without further training. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#backwards #condition #further #greek #how

Now they call in all of the authority figures they can find and hire them - the cost has gone up. The picture may or may not get better, but definitely, it gets more cumbersome. ↗

— Don Bluth

#authority figures #better #call #cost #definitely

I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God's creatures, the insane, were cared for kindly and properly. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#asylum #cared #convinced #creatures #desire

And I have been campaigning for the past three months trying to get the Senate Judiciary Committee that has the oversight authority and responsibility to start its own public hearings. ↗

— Sibel Edmonds

#been #campaigning #committee #get #hearings

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. ↗

— George Eliot

#alive #beautiful #certain #certain things #feel

I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little. ↗

— James Ellroy

#am #authority #conservative #criminal #disapprove

If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

#believes #earth #inherit #known #land

The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#between #caused #countries #disparity #events

How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority. ↗

— Neal Boortz

#believe #catholic #catholic schools #challenge #christ

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#authors #because #books #booksellers #destination