#world

Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#also #because #build #contain #live

I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#dealing #i #i think #might #minutiae

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#always #am #be thankful #i #i am

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#babies #begin #cease #come #glands

The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. ↗

— Michelangelo

#best #confide #course #most #part

Britain, today, educates 4.8 million primary school children in Britain. And we educate five million primary school children around the developing world, at a cost of 2.5 per cent of what we spend on British children. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#britain #british #cent #children #cost

We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#aspire #change #folks #how #image

My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#both sides #father #ii #korea #military

Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#based #class #creating #even #greatness

America has global trade with plenty of nations that provide inexpensive labor, but it's better for us when they're in our own hemisphere, rather than sending that business halfway around the world. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#around #better #business #global #halfway