#ward

Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man. ↗

— Charles Lyell

#brought #caves #derived #discoveries #evidence

My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#attitude #find #kill #men #mess

I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#backward #butcher #holler #i #i think

Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#because #complaints #got #her #i

Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#awards #cleaned #conway #country #country music

I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth! ↗

— Humphrey Lyttelton

#ceiling #comes #i #instrument #into

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#backward #edge #faith #fall #forward

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

#concludes #detective #entire #novel #run

I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#ago #am #army #declared #had

Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#certain #danger #destruction #doubly #engine