#van

Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#facts #far #interest #problems #relevant

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#cause #consciousness #falsity #ignorance #inconstancy

Vanity is but the surface. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#vanity

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#always #console #ignorance #knowledge #me

At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home. ↗

— Michel Patini

#cut #difficult #enormous #feel #history

Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred. ↗

— Jason Patric

#blurred #cover #fair #great #important

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#both #children #each #family #joyful

Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#always #called #pavarotti #sometime

A great gulf, however, has been opened between man's material advance and his social and moral progress, a gulf in which he may one day be lost if it is not closed or narrowed. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#been #between #closed #day #great

While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner. ↗

— Mike Pence

#amendment #around #breakthrough #cloning #continues