#tin

For a long time, we've worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing small telescopes or even amateur telescopes. It's time to move on to the next stage. ↗

— Andrew Gould

#detecting #even #existing #hand #long

That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is fundamental is my being a composer. ↗

— Morton Gould

#basically #being #composer #conducting #done

Evolution is one of the two or three most primally fascinating subjects in all the sciences. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#fascinating #most #sciences #subjects #three

Dating is the best inward and outward sign that you've moved on after a big break. ↗

— Claudia in Baby Proof

#breakup #dating

Flowers are the free throw of love. You're looking for the clutch three-pointer from downtown. ↗

— Daniel Holloway & Dorothy Robinson

#humor #love #sports #dating

But I tended not to date men who ever showed up for me. ↗

— Kimberly Novosel

#love #men #relationships #dating

Reservations is such a strong word. Sounds an awful lot like a date. Which you will remember, I said I’m not doing with you.” “You did say that. But that was before we bonded over shopping.” “This was not true shopping. You consulted while I purchased necessary supplies. I’m not dating you.” “Is that your final answer? Because you’re forcing me to pull out the big guns.” “What big guns?” “I have a new phone number on speed dial that you might find interesting.” He rattled it off and her mouth dropped open. “Where the hell did you get that? ↗

— Dani Harper

#josh-talarkoteen #kenzie-macleod #paranormal-romance #shapeshifter #werewolf

So you raise up a few generations of young girls, telling them that they should step to the back of the bus, ingrain that in their psyche, preach it to them from the pulpit, hold up as ideal examples women doing precisely that, and in a few years, you can step back; you need say no more. Your work is done, because you have carefully created a herd of women who know and even begrudgingly accept that their place is secondary, just outside the limelight, clapping for and cheering on the important people who were never taught to put others first. ↗

— Susan Campbell

#fundamentalism #dating

This catch-22 happens a lot to men. A man can sense that a woman wants to know if he loves her. He doesn't want to share those feelings because, if he does, she will expect him to marry her and be greatly hurt if he doesn't. In romantic movies, loving someone meant that you wanted to marry her. In real life, it is not always the case. ↗

— John Gray

#relationships #dating

In one of the largest surveys of its kind to date, nearly 30,000 women told researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine that they'd rather lose weight than attain any other goal, a figure that alone suggests just how complicated the issue of appetite can be for women. This is the primary female striving? The appetite to lose appetite? In fact, I suspect the opposite is true: that the primary, underlying striving among many women at the start of the millennium is the appetite for appetite: a longing to feel safe and secure enough to name one's true appetites and worthy and powerful enough to get them satisfied. ↗

— Caroline Knapp

#women #dating