#thou

While that wasn't first and foremost in my mind, you can't get into this without being struck, on one side, by how far we've come, and then the other side, by how little things have changed. ↗

— Bill Condon

#changed #come #far #first #foremost

I'm a finesse pitcher without the finesse. ↗

— David Cone

#i #pitcher #without

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure. ↗

— Confucius

#depends #failure #preparation #previous #such

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ↗

— Confucius

#diamond #flaw #pebble #than #without

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods. ↗

— Confucius

#art #asked #give #go #gods

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. ↗

— Confucius

#find #good #his #make #modesty

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#changed #consolation #crutch #evidence #harm

A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#biology #bound #claims #different #god

On second thought, I think I am more crazy than my goat. ↗

— Remedios Varo

#crazy #goat #i #i am #i think

The idea of an afterlife where you can be reunited with loved ones can be immensely consoling - though not to me. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#consoling #idea #immensely #loved #loved ones