#val

The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#authority #authorized #certain #certain kinds #could

I learned the value of hard work by working hard. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#hard work #i #learned #value #work

Hate is a draining bottomless pit from whence nothing good or of any value can come. Try to eat a balanced diet. Guys only want one thing. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#balanced #balanced diet #bottomless #come #diet

If you take life at face value, it loses its luster pretty quickly. If you go after it, you get more out of it. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#face #face value #get #go #life

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#privileges #rights #value #world

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#fact #lies #lives #money #overestimated

Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, Ru, Cs). ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#chemical #either #elements #increase #nearly

There are many domestic issues that give us a lot of common ground to work on. Health, education and immigration are among the areas where we share mutual goals and aspirations. There are also many values that we share as a communities. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#among #areas #aspirations #common #common ground

While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom and human rights very high and I think that those are all a part of a very strong quilt that binds us together. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#community #different #different faiths #faith #faiths

Are you trivialising the sisterhood if you dye your hair or have your eyebrows threaded? I'd say the answer to that is no. But equally, it's a perfectly valid feminist thing to say there is a certain amount of attention on a woman's appearance, and I don't wish that to be the focus or a distraction. ↗

— Louise Mensch

#answer #appearance #attention #certain #distraction