#venti

Our civilization is not Christian. It does not come from the skies. It is not a result of "inspiration." It is the child of invention, of discovery, of applied knowledge -- that is to say, of science. When man becomes great and grand enough to admit that all have equal rights; when thought is untrammeled; when worship shall consist in doing useful things; when religion means the discharge of obligations to our fellow-men, then, and not until then, will the world be civilized. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#knowledge #religion #rights #science #society

Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed. ↗

— John Fiske

#constructed #conventions #discursive #empirical #fidelity

I look forward to their convention and look forward to hearing the President talk about what he will do for the next four years. He hasn't done it up to this point. ↗

— Harold Ford

#convention #done #forward #four #hasn

I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual. ↗

— Luke Ford

#biggest #i #learned #sexual #sins

I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

#business #con #convention #decades #fantasy

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#cure #disease #great #great progress #medical

We say that necessity is the mother of invention, and no country has more of a necessity to develop clean power than China. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#clean #country #develop #invention #more

The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a war as long as they are each part of that supply chain. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#chain #conflict #countries #dell #each

This legislation confronts the human truth that the need for clean water knows no borders, and proper management and intervention can be a currency for peace and international cooperation. ↗

— Bill Frist

#clean #clean water #confronts #cooperation #currency

Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home. ↗

— David Frost

#home #invention #living #living room #people