#statements

A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age or relative sequence of events in tribal history made by the natives themselves. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#direct #events #evidence #formal #formed

Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or to assign the time limits to a movement of population. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#assign #comparison #cultural #dates #different

Also, with information having just come out at the time about J. Edgar Hoover's electronic surveillance of Dr. King, it gave greater weight to the statements of those persons who were alleging involvement of the FBI. ↗

— Louis Stokes

#alleging #also #come #dr #edgar

The fact is that one of the earliest lessons I learned in business was that balance sheets and income statements are fiction, cash flow is reality. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#balance sheets #business #cash #earliest #fact

Jesus "...It sounds like these guys would be filed under Assholes Who do Evil Shit in My Name. ↗

— Kevin Hearne

#irony #understatements #humor

Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq. ↗

— Carl Levin

#against #before #clearly #concern #concerning

There is no longer time for statements like "if only" or "we can't." We must and we will succeed. The only question now is how and when. I believe the time is now. ↗

— Bob Riley

#how #i #i believe #i believe the #like

Random chance is not sufficient to explain random chance. ~Jubal Harshaw ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#evolution #humor #ingenious-statements #random-chance #humor

The royal family's existence is a constant reminder of the hollowness of John Major's rhetoric, and idiotic statements by its leading members a constant boost to the republican cause. They're fine opening hospitals. It's when they open their mouths they get into trouble. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#cause #constant #existence #family #fine

I believe that my art gets across the point that I'm in this morality theater trying to help the underdog, and I'm speaking socially here, showing concern and making psychological and philosophical statements for the underdog. ↗

— Jeff Koons

#art #believe #concern #gets #help