#story

The present is an age of talkers, and not doers; and the reason is, that the world is growing old. We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and doat on past achievements. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#history-of-mankind #humanity #knowledge #age

I see lots of cycles, for sure. There's the whole post-Star Wars era, but I don't think it's the whole story. ↗

— Rob Morrow

#era #i #i see #lots #see

The history of trying to start a daily where there already is one is that it has never worked. ↗

— John Morton

#daily #history #never #start #the history of

And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is onto the story. ↗

— Roger Mudd

#compromise #course #depends #ethical #itself

In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy. ↗

— Roger Mudd

#command #exchange #gives #his #history

Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#colonial #domestically #enough #helpless #history

Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list of events which have transpired - as opposed to the human experience of having done those things. ↗

— Story Musgrave

#been #chronological #communicated #done #events

Man, that kind of little honeybee just buzzes from flower to flower." "Maybe, but honey is sweet, you know? ↗

— Colleen Coover

#short-story #home

Get off your ass and get down here to fix the goddamn biggest disaster in the nation's history. ↗

— Ray Nagin

#biggest #disaster #down #fix #get

Her voice, unfolding like a tiny bright memory in the darkest, furthest corner of my mind. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#love #love-story #magic #beauty