#wed

The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#building #chosen #first #followed #forced

My overcoat is worn out; my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening; it is indeed wearisome sitting alone in the dark. ↗

— William Tyndale

#alone #also #ask #dark #evening

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#ambition #bad #character #depends #direct

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#different #different sides #life #life and death #line

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else. ↗

— Bono

#allowed #anywhere #because #commitment #concern

You know growing up in Sweden meant we had a lot of rain when we played tennis. We were taught on clay courts but because of the weather, we had to go indoors a lot. ↗

— Bjorn Borg

#clay #courts #go #growing #growing up

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#asking #authority #budget #director #effective

But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him. ↗

— David Bowie

#allowed #got #guy #had #him

The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

#allowed #civilized #civilized world #decision #needs

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#blame #freeze #heart #much #out