#at

If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#back #concerns #directly #eat #fairly

Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#decisions #justice #know #longer #memory

Sydney did not believe in life after death, but in her experience, admitting this could lead to long and complicated discussions in which people seemed to think that since she did not believe in God or the afterlife, there was nothing to stop her from becoming an ax murderer. ↗

— Maureen F. McHugh

#atheist #funny #death

After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out. ↗

— Valerie Bertinelli

#calories #comes #down #formula #gaining

I think a lot of people think because I was getting the divorce, that was really the catalyst for gaining so much weight. ↗

— Valerie Bertinelli

#catalyst #divorce #gaining #getting #i

I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there. ↗

— Ernie Harwell

#dad #faith #get #great #great faith

A smile to someone could make the difference between them going home and axe murdering their family or having a nice meal! ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

#death

If I sleep in and don't run, I'll feel a little bit off because I didn't do what I was supposed to do. But I'm not going to beat myself up because of it. I'll just get right back on track. ↗

— Valerie Bertinelli

#beat #because #bit #feel #get

On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#disingenuous #dress #even #full-on #had

The decision is not whether or not we will ration care. The decision will be whether we ration care with our eyes open. ↗

— Donald Berwick

#decision #eyes #open #our #ration