#tom

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#atoms #belief #contingent #forces #heart

The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

#face #lie #only #same #stand

Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering. ↗

— Eric Liu

#birth #birthright #citizenship #considering #deserve

Of mediumship there are many grades, one of the simplest forms being the capacity to receive an impression or automatic writing, under peaceful conditions, in an ordinary state; but the whole subject is too large to be treated here. ↗

— Oliver Joseph Lodge

#being #capacity #conditions #forms #grades

Television is simply automated daydreaming. ↗

— Lee Loevinger

#daydreaming #simply #television

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. ↗

— Jack London

#every #glow #i #magnificent #me

It's like Scott Wolf, I never thought he looked like Tom Cruise until somebody said it and now that they've said it, I see it every time I look at him! ↗

— Jeremy London

#every #every time #him #i #i see

I would feel so guilty about lying that I would try to stress myself out and work up a headache so I wouldn't have the guilt of not having a bit of the symptom. ↗

— Justin Long

#bit #feel #guilt #guilty #having

We will stomp to the top with the wind in our teeth. ↗

— George Leigh Mallory

#stomp #teeth #top #will #wind

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#ascending #base #build #find #firm