#spite

It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it. ↗

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

#because #death #difficult #fact #happens

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger. ↗

— Mark Rutherford

#danger #endeavoring #go #occupy #ought

Despite its flaws, Marxism still seems to explain the material world better than anything else. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#better #despite #else #explain #flaws

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides. ↗

— Joe Scarborough

#bobby #bobby kennedy #both #both sides #courage

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#been #every #forward #i #life

The number of attacks on the American and allied forces is at the highest level since the insurgency began despite the increase of America combat operations and the introduction of some 40 new Iraq security forces and battalions. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#america #american #attacks #battalions #began

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#despite #does #eat #fact #live

Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature. ↗

— Evangelista Torricelli

#argued #claim #claims #difficulty #does

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#fact #god #immortality #men #personal

Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #been #criteria #despite #domestic