#cant

When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed. ↗

— Paul Klee

#art #had #looking #more #probably

The list of non-democratic regimes that have seen significant reforms since 2001 is long and significant. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#long #reforms #regimes #seen #significant

I don't know if there is a Democrat who necessarily doesn't believe health care is a right instead of privilege. There is a significant between us and the Republican Party on that issue. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#between #care #democrat #health #health care

Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#creatures #earth #end #fact #humans

All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written. ↗

— Peter Warlock

#alive #date #good #good music #music

Saddam Hussein has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do. ↗

— Henry Waxman

#biological #biological weapons #capacity #chemical #course

If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it. ↗

— H.R.H. Prince Philip

#chair #food #submarine #food

One other fact is significant: the domestic feasts and sacrifices of single families, which in David's time must still have been general, gradually declined and lost their importance as social circles widened and life became more public. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#been #circles #david #declined #domestic

The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#china #event #free #free government #generation

Hermes's eyes twinkled. "Martha, may I have the first package, please?" Martha opened her mouth ... and kept opening it until it was as wide as my arm. She belched out a stainless steel canister-an old-fashioned lunch box thermos with a black plastic top. The sides of the thermos were enameled with red and yellow Ancient Greek scenes-a hero killing a lion; a hero lifting up Cerberus, the three-headed dog. "That's Hercules," I said. "But how-" "Never question a gift," Hermes chided. "This is a collector's item from Hercules Busts Heads. The first season." "Hercules Busts Heads?" "Great show." Hermes sighed. "Back before Hephaestus-TV was all reality programming. Of course, the thermos would be worth much more if I had the whole lunch box- ↗

— Rick Riordan

#collectible #gift #hercules #hermes #humor