#des

You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices. ↗

— Karel Capek

#destroy #end #even #except #first

If the United States were to cut and run from Iraq, we would send a message of weakness that would embolden our terrorist enemies across the globe. A failed Iraq would destabilize the entire region and undermine U.S. national security for decades to come. ↗

— Dennis Cardoza

#come #cut #decades #entire #failed

Now I am near to the getting of my crown, which shall be sure; for I bless the Lord, and desire all of you to bless Him that He hath brought me here, and makes me triumph over devils, and men, and sin: they shall wound me no more. ↗

— Donald Cargill

#bless #brought #crown #desire #devils

The hardest part is developing the idea, and that can take years. ↗

— Eric Carle

#hardest #idea #part #take #years

How can we find spiritual meaning in a scientific worldview? Spirituality is a way of being in the world, a sense of one’s place in the cosmos, a relationship to that which extends beyond oneself. . . . Does scientific explanation of the world diminish its spiritual beauty? I think not. Science and spirituality are complementary, not conflicting; additive, not detractive. Anything that generates a sense of awe may be a source of spirituality. Science does this in spades. (158-159) ↗

— Michael Shermer

#darwinism #evolution #intelligent-design #science #spirituality

We went into Iraq because Iraq posed a threat to the stability of the region and was engaged in the process of trying to develop weapons of mass destruction and had links to terrorists. ↗

— Frank Carlucci

#destruction #develop #engaged #had #into

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#deserves #only #prepared #speaker

I'm still a firm believer that we were definitely put here to use our minds, and that is what makes us different. And that that's the key. If there is anything that is going to stop mankind from being such a beastly, destructive creature, it is reason. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#beastly #being #believer #creature #definitely

Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence. ↗

— Emily Carr

#disorder #magnificence #ordered #perfectly

The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#destiny #duty #each #first #fulfilling