#cons

The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. ↗

— Louis Pasteur

#consequences #direct #direct result #i #i am

A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry. ↗

— Walter Pater

#developed #earlier #element #general #important

The mistake I really learned from was in 2005, leading the Indianapolis 500. I had a decision whether or not to save enough fuel to finish the race - which meant slowing down - or going all-out for the win. I went conservative and saved enough fuel to go to the end but finished fourth. ↗

— Danica Patrick

#conservative #decision #down #end #enough

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#civil #civil war #constitution #declaration #i

In an organic system you don't waste anything. We need to educate the consumer to accept a tiny blemish on an orange. ↗

— Robert Patterson

#anything #blemish #consumer #educate #need

What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war properly with a full declaration of war and no other way?' ↗

— Ron Paul

#conservative #declaration #full #go #other

Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues. ↗

— Sean Paul

#always #conscious #hip-hop #issues #just

Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws. ↗

— Robert Peel

#conscience #laws #marshalling #mold #nation

I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us. ↗

— Jeremy Paxton

#drove #effect #extraordinary #find #how

It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treated of, so far as I know, either by the philosopher or the poet. ↗

— James Payn

#been #body #considered #either #far