#reserved

Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#broadest #convincing #dinosaurs #eventually #explanations

I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television. ↗

— Jenna Elfman

#amazing #because #being #example #good

The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future? ↗

— Jules Verne

#after #circle #distance #earth #future

The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two schools of Socialistic thought which fully and unreservedly represent one or the other of them are, respectively, State Socialism and Anarchism. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#authority #fully #liberty #names #other

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved. ↗

— Voltaire

#between #deceive #distinguish #must #reserved

When you put on the suits, when you pretend you're honest and you're robbing at a far higher level, these guys deserve to... well, to be in my novels, and I have special fates reserved for them. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#far #fates #guys #higher #higher level

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. ↗

— James Allen

#aim #devote #legitimate #purpose #single

Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#carefully #century #dalton #destroyed #during

Although we dealt decisively with all terrorist organizations, we at the same time not only maintained, preserved our democracy, but kept improving it. ↗

— Bulent Ecevit

#dealt #decisively #democracy #improving #kept

I've always been fairly reserved and laid-back. ↗

— David James Elliott

#been #fairly #i #reserved