#um

As long as Pete and Joe are there, it's gonna be jumping. ↗

— Jay McShann

#joe #jumping #long #pete

It took one human error to take my leg and one human error to take my mother's. ↗

— Heather Mills

#human #human error #leg #mother #take

I explain this not for publicity, nor seeking to win an argument of right or wrong, I explain so that the record is clear as to my thinking and motivations in bombing a government installation. ↗

— Timothy McVeigh

#bombing #clear #explain #government #i

I was in Tower Records in San Francisco a few weeks ago, buying some cassettes, and a couple of people recognized me and ran up with albums, and I just wanted to cover my face and have a seizure or something. I want people to just go away. ↗

— Christine McVie

#albums #away #buying #cassettes #couple

The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you're locked into the human project and you want it to flourish. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#flourish #human #into #locked #moment

It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier. ↗

— Ian Mckellen

#among #assumed #become #foot #gay

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#certitude #entail #evidence #faith #free

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#business #business leaders #china #future #game

Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic - terms. Yes, scripture speaks of fire and damnation and eternal bliss, but the Bible is the product of human hands and hearts, and much of the imagery is allegorical, not meteorological. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#among #bible #bliss #complex #damnation

Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of history and a critical sensibility. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#best #critical #element #engage #experience