“[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the most favorable to human industry, could not possibly be made to increase faster than in an arithmetical ratio.” YearsHumansMeanMadeScienceFiveFoodGoes OnIndustryCircumstancesIncreaseTwentiesFasterFive YearsTwenty FiveRatiosSubsistence Author:Thomas Malthus
“A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.” MenYearsMindHas BeensMadePoliticalLife IsGivenOpinionPrinciplesFiveSubjectsCircumstancesYears AgoTwentiesFive YearsTwenty FiveOpportunistPolitical Opinions Author:A. P. Herbert
“Religion supposed Heaven and Hell, the word of God, and sacraments, and twenty other circumstances which, taken seriously, are a wonderful check to wit and humour.” HeavenHellTakenWonderfulAtheismHumourCircumstancesTwentiesPositive AtheismWitChecksWord Of GodSacramentsHeaven And Hell Book:The Works of Jonathan Swift: Miscellaneous essays Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift: Miscellaneous essays
“Consider in fact, a body of six hundred and fifty-eight miscellaneous persons, set to consult about "business," with twenty-seven millions, mostly fools, assiduously listening to them, and checking and criticising them. Was there ever, since the world began, will there ever be till the world end, any "business" accomplished in these circumstances?” WorldPersonsEndsFactsBodyGovernmentMillionsListeningFoolCircumstancesSixHundredTwentiesSevenEightAccomplishedFiftyMiscellaneous Book:The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle Source: The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle
“As a community college professor for over twenty years, I've seen the determination, resilience and dedication of countless students. Regardless of circumstances, they show up. They work hard. They believe anything is possible.” YearsBelieveHardShowsCommunityStudentsCollegeHard WorkCircumstancesDeterminationTwentiesResilienceProfessorsDedicationAnything Is PossibleCommunity CollegeCollege Professors Author:Jill Biden
“Even under the best of circumstances - in twenty-first century America at least - caring for elderly parents ain't no place for sissies.” FirstsAmericaParentCenturyCircumstancesTwentiesCaringElderlySissy Author:Roz Chast
“Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.” IfsThinkingMenWorldYearsArtStillsRealHardFiveStreetsCrimeCircumstancesDrugTenDiseaseMy FamilyTwentiesMovedChinaRevengeMartial ArtsDevotedDealerTwenty FiveMonasteriesDrug DealersBeing BadWiping Out Author:Neal Stephenson