#posing

Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of exposing the next 20,000 generations to this lethal waste? ↗

— David R. Brower

#consumption #convenience #doubling #energy #energy consumption

There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#does #hardly #imposing #insignificant #seem

I am not proposing to seek your votes because there is a blue sky ahead today. ↗

— James Callaghan

#am #because #blue #blue sky #i

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#agree #arguing #cannot #deeply #definition

If I had a story idea that I felt would work best in three volumes I might write a trilogy eventually. I'd very likely write it all at once, though, so I could work on it as a whole and not broken into individual volumes. I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#best #broken #complicated #composing #could

Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#am #funded #i #i am #ignored

Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea. ↗

— William Weld

#bad idea #flow #free #free flow #goods

You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong - it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes. ↗

— Prince William

#going #hear #horribly #horror #i

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#also #complex #composing #fantastic #frank

Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements. ↗

— D. W. Griffith

#acting #actress #excellent #give #go