Solstices National Geographic Quotes & Sayings

The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military. — William O. Douglas

There is no sexuality that is greater or lesser than another. — Jasmine Guy

We have a new problem, fresh from the oven and hot as hell. — Scott Lynch

Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that the ultimate answer to every economic problem lies in some other field. — Kenneth E. Boulding

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure. — Elbert Hubbard

I've always understood that my heart is multilingual. It speaks in whispers, expressions, colours, body, songs, and fervent desire. — Cheri Bauer

Cats of all kinds weave in and out of the text; Burroughs has clearly taken to them in a big way in his old age and seems torn between a fear they will betray him into sentimentality and a resigned acceptance that a man can't be ironic all the time. — Angela Carter

Why is it easier to get men to go to war than to see a counselor? — Steven Gould

They know nothing, Ygritte. And worse, they will not learn. — George R R Martin

There is nothing more effectual in showing us the weakness of any habitual fallacy or assumption than to hear it sympathetically through the ears, as it were, of a skeptic. — Margaret Oliphant

They say the dead have no memories and know no pain." George's voice was barely above a whisper, but somehow it was louder than the pleas of the corpses. "It's not that way for me. — Ilona Andrews

Then you're a big loser, you don't get to finish the game, and the rest of the year will be about as much fun as a case of never-ending diarrhea, — James Patterson

Overall, women are a lot more fun to work with than a bunch of men. — Eric Mabius

If your aims are lofty, your achievements are bound to be great. — Radhe Maa

Speaking of wine, beer never caught on with the ancient Greeks and Romans the way it did in Mesopotamia and Western Europe - at least among the privileged classes, who showed a strong preference for fermented grape juice.[11] Beer was seen as a drink of peasants and savages, earning the contempt of public intellectuals like Pliny the Elder, who, in reference to the people of Spain and Gaul (now France) fumed that, "The perverted ingenuity of man has given even to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procurable. Western nations intoxicate themselves by means of moistened grain."[12] One wonders what Pliny would say today if you were to hand him a glass of the famous beer that now bears his name - Pliny the Elder IPA, brewed by California's Russian River Brewing Co. and renowned as one of the world's finest beers. — James Houston