#been

Few men have been admired of their familiars. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#been #few #few men #men #their

But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them. ↗

— Mary Tyler Moore

#behalf #country #happy #i #life

It has been popular to threaten "small islands and low-lying coasts" with scenarios of disastrous future flooding. The Maldives has been the most utilised target. We have undertaken a careful analysis of actual sea level changes in the Maldives. No rise has been recorded either in the present or the past centuries. ↗

— Nils-Axel Morner

#analysis #been #careful #centuries #changes

One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#been #beings #believe #believing #century

Together we have travelled a long road to be where we are today. This has been a road of struggle against colonial and apartheid oppression. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#apartheid #been #colonial #long #long road

Technology has been, and always will be, my one true passion professionally. ↗

— John McKinley

#been #passion #professionally #technology #true

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#convicted #duty #ennobled #guilt #i

The proposition that we should encourage wickedness and violence by exposing one side of the face to blows because we have been beaten on the other is too great an absurdity. ↗

— Thomas Mellon

#beaten #because #been #blows #encourage

Violence and irrationality were so long and thoroughly cultivated among the Irish, and so perfectly ingrained into their nature, that modern civilization has as yet been unable to extract the virus. ↗

— Thomas Mellon

#been #civilization #cultivated #extract #ingrained

It's always been kind of weird to me because when you give someone an autograph, you're looking down at a piece of paper and once you sign it the person moves on. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#autograph #because #been #down #give