#usa

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim. ↗

— Queen Elizabeth II

#annals #behind #commonwealth #different #empire

In a world of chance is there a better and a worse? We yield to a stranger's embrace or give ourselves to the waves; for the blink of an eyelid our vigilance relaxes; we are asleep; and when we awake, we have lost the direction of our lives. What are these blinks of an eyelid, against which the only defence is an eternal and inhuman wakefulness? Might they not be the cracks and chinks through which another voice, other voices, speak in our lives? By what right do we close our ears to them? (Susan Barton) ↗

— J.M. Coetzee

#others #philosophy #self-awareness #susan-barton #life

Little girls love dolls. They just don't love doll clothes. We've got four thousand dolls and ain't one of them got a stitch of clothes on. ↗

— Jeff Foxworthy

#doll #dolls #four #got #just

They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade. ↗

— John Paul Stevens

#crusade #federal #foot #may #soldiers

Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#drinking #easy #i #now #off

Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#always #few #friendships #save #therapy

The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans. ↗

— Howard Fineman

#even #good #good idea #idea #like

No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better, not pull them apart. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#always #apart #beijing #beirut #better

For me, the future isn't coming from the USA, like it was before. ↗

— Stefano Gabbana

#coming #future #like #me #usa

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. ↗

— Galileo Galilei

#humble #individual #questions #reasoning #science