#under

Real painters understand with a brush in their hand. ↗

— Berthe Morisot

#hand #painters #real #their #understand

It has been popular to threaten "small islands and low-lying coasts" with scenarios of disastrous future flooding. The Maldives has been the most utilised target. We have undertaken a careful analysis of actual sea level changes in the Maldives. No rise has been recorded either in the present or the past centuries. ↗

— Nils-Axel Morner

#analysis #been #careful #centuries #changes

The most reliable way to forecast the future is to try to understand the present. ↗

— John Naisbitt

#future #most #present #reliable #try

Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression. ↗

— Fatos Nano

#albanians #fighters #freedom #know #living

There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective, violently and by force, over a sea of blood and under a horizon blazing with fire. ↗

— Gamal Abdel Nasser

#blood #except #fire #force #forging

We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#america #any #blames #ceo #door

I happen to have worked with male directors who don't understand women at all. Not at all. I'm flabbergasted by their ignorance. ↗

— Catherine McCormack

#happen #i #ignorance #male #their

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation? ↗

— Melina Mercouri

#course #greece #greek #invasion #most

I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that they have to be identified by their dental records. What I can't understand is, if they don't know who you are, how do they know who your dentist is? ↗

— Paul Merton

#always #amazed #badly #crash #dental

I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister. ↗

— Jessica Mitford

#bury #i #just #nothing #personally