#agu

The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future? ↗

— Jules Verne

#after #circle #distance #earth #future

Hey, I'm just looking for an excuse to retire so I can play summer league baseball, go coach my nephews, play pickup basketball. I've always had that ability to move on to the next thing. ↗

— Doug Flutie

#always #baseball #basketball #coach #excuse

But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world. ↗

— John Thorn

#back #baseball #birth #booming #both

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#assemblies #assembly #debates #democratic #dragged

Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise. ↗

— John Tukey

#answer #approximate #better #exact #far

I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt at that had been cynical and messed up. I gave it a go again. Find one lost sheep. The angels rejoice. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#college #cynicism #dating #faith #glass-girl

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. ↗

— Voltaire

#earth #earthquakes #little #more #opinion

I have no doubt that what we started has become a plague. Because - and that's a million years ago but we got caught up in the drama more than we caught up in going after the facts. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#ago #because #become #caught #doubt

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. ↗

— George Washington

#earth #first #mankind #plague #see

We cannot ignore the disparity in resources that continue to plague many of our school systems, especially those serving predominantly inner-city minority and impoverished children. ↗

— Diane Watson

#children #continue #disparity #especially #ignore