#mates

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs. ↗

— J. D. Salinger

#hard #much #people #really #roommates

A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves. ↗

— Dan Savage

#animates #capacity #fear #gay #huge

We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wrong way. ↗

— Nate Silver

#estimates #get #our #predictions #right

The belief that the animals exist because God created them - and that he created them so we can better meet our needs - is contrary to our scientific understanding of evolution and, of course, to the fossil record, which shows the existence of non-human primates and other animals millions of years before there were any human beings at all. ↗

— Peter Singer

#because #before #beings #belief #better

And so I look at it as a relationship that I have with him that I want to give him the honor and glory anytime I have the opportunity. And then right after I give him the honor and glory, I always try to give my teammates the honor and glory. And that's how it works because Christ comes first in my life, and then my family, and then my teammates. ↗

— Tim Tebow

#always #anytime #because #christ #comes

I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden. ↗

— Clifford Irving

#became #chairman #committee #got #i

The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the climates he may explore, and to offer such useful observations on the different productions as may occur. ↗

— William Bartram

#attention #climates #different #distinctions #explore

Estimates show that small businesses contribute 60-80 percent of the net new jobs annually. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#businesses #contribute #estimates #jobs #net

I've got four roommates and they all have fur and tails. ↗

— Kate Walsh

#fur #got #i #roommates #tails

Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's. ↗

— Deborah Tannen

#each #her #other #own #underestimates