#un

More than 55,000 men from Bomber Command lost their lives, of whom 38,000 were British. That's one in 10 of all the British servicemen lost in the Second World War. It beggars belief that there has not been some recognition for what they gave until now. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#beggars #belief #bomber #british #command

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#kindness #language #universal #universal language #warm

Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#because #before #day #live #lived

I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#assassinations #attended #dedication #discovered #each

Let us embrace Science and the new technologies unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the myth of god, and free us from our age old fears, from disease, death and the sweat of labor. ↗

— Claude Vorilhon

#death #disease #embrace #fears #free

A married woman has the same right to control her own body as does an unmarried woman. ↗

— Sol Wachtler

#body #control #does #her #married

One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in Massachusetts to sing show tunes. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#head #killers #last #last summer #massachusetts

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#american life #due #fact #i #i think

The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#fundamentalism #hands #key #moderate #muslims

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#been #end #god #hope #kind