#lowe

The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#building #chosen #first #followed #forced

My overcoat is worn out; my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening; it is indeed wearisome sitting alone in the dark. ↗

— William Tyndale

#alone #also #ask #dark #evening

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else. ↗

— Bono

#allowed #anywhere #because #commitment #concern

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#disappears #either #else #flower #forest

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#asking #authority #budget #director #effective

But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him. ↗

— David Bowie

#allowed #got #guy #had #him

The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

#allowed #civilized #civilized world #decision #needs

I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids. ↗

— Beau Bridges

#flowers #garden #grow #i #like

I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least I'd know that I tried. ↗

— Michelle Branch

#figured #followed #heart #i #i tried

I lived at home and I cycled every morning to the railway station to travel by train to Johannesburg followed by a walk to the University, carrying sandwiches for my lunch and returning in the evening the same way. ↗

— Sydney Brenner

#evening #every #followed #home #i