“The oppressive weight of disaster and tragedy in our lives does not arise from a high percentage of evil among the summed total of all acts, but from the extraordinary power of exceedingly rare incidents of depravity to inflict catastrophic damage, especially in our technological age when airplanes can become powerful bombs. (An even more evil man, armed only with a longbow, could not have wreaked such havoc at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.)” MenDoeAgeEvilPowerfulOur LivesBattleWeightTragedyExtraordinaryDisasterAriseDamageBombsAirplaneTechnologicalPercentagesIncidentsDepravityHavocEvil Man Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“the arts of Mexico are heavy with the weight of the past, of gods that demanded the sacrifice of a thousand beating hearts in a day, of a world that ended every fifty-two years, of warriors who rushed into battle wearing the heads of jaguars or clothed in the flayed skins of their human victims.” WorldYearsHumansHeartArtTwoPastSacrificeBattleThousandSkinsWeightVictimHeavyWarriorFiftyTwo YearsMexicoJaguars Author:Biloine W. Young
“I had only to remember that centuries before, men fell in battle for the daughter of Troy, that passions carried greater weight than decorum. It took so little to prove that human life and property are devastatingly temporary. All she had to do was lie down for a prince. They burned the city to the ground.” MenHumansLittlesRememberLyingPassionCitiesGreaterCenturyBattleProveDaughterWeightPropertyHuman LifeTemporaryBurnedDecorum Author:Brenna Yovanoff
“The Bactrian have two humps; the Arabian one only. They are swift in battle and most useful to carry burdens. This animal is extremely observant of rule and measure, for it will not move if it has a greater weight than it is used to, and if it is taken too far it does the same, and suddenly stops and so the merchants are obliged to lodge there.” IfsDoeTwoMovingUsedAnimalTakenGreaterBattleWeightBurdenObligedMerchantsObservantLodgesArabian Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“I can honestly say, after talking about my mom passing away, I got the biggest weight off of my chest. Comedy is my therapy. That's how I deal with my problems, my personal battles. I talk about it. I give it to my fans. When they laugh at it, it's a release, for lack of a better word.” GivingI CanProblemDealsTalkingLaughingComedyFansMomBattleWeightMy MomHonestlyPassingPassingsReleaseTherapyChestsPassing Away Author:Kevin Hart
“I'm fighting a losing battle here: I'm trying to lose some weight. I love chocolate; that's one of my biggest downfalls. I haven't gotten a whole lot of chocolate, thank goodness, because I'd probably be about 300 pounds.” TryingWholeFightingLosesHavensBattleGoodnessLosingWeightPoundsChocolateDownfallLove Chocolates Author:Carrie Underwood
“It's the centuries, Scarlett darling. All the life lived there, all the joy and all the sorrow, all the feasts and battles, they're in the air around and the land beneath you. It's time, years beyond our counting weighing without weight on the earth. You cannot see it or smell it or hear it or touch it, but you feel it brushing your skin and speaking without sound. Time. And mystery.” FeelsYearsEarthJoySoundAirMysteryLandCenturySorrowBattleSkinsWeightSmellDarlingCountingWeighingBrushing Book:Scarlett: the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind Source: Scarlett: the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind