#drift

Science, which is not so attached to 'truth' as it once was, ut more to immediate 'effectiveness', is now drifting towards a decline, it's civic fall from grace. ↗

— Paul Virilio

#civic #decline #drifting #effectiveness #fall

In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers. ↗

— Charles Lyell

#bordering #commonly #drift #graze #meet

All loose things seem to drift down to the sea, and so did I. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

#down #drift #i #loose #sea

Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground. ↗

— Ralph Marston

#also #away #day #drifting #every

It would have been very easy to drift into writing a non-fiction book so by taking it away from Nottingham I forced myself to imagine much more of it. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#been #book #drift #easy #forced

What is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift through life truly innocent, unable to see into themselves at all. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#asylum #country #drift #innocent #insane

Somebody can say they don't understand why somebody drifts. But I've always found people who drift interesting, 'cause it shows me the game's not stagnant in their own head. They're thinking. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#cause #drift #drifts #found #game

If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed. ↗

— Mario Monti

#becomes #destroyed #drifting #euro #europe

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents. ↗

— Roger Moore

#classroom #drift #educating #generosity #good

Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so. ↗

— Estelle Morris

#before #break #came #continuing #determined