“The code of poor laws has at length grown up into a tree, which, like the fabulous Upas, overshadows and poisons the land; unwholesome expedients were the bud, dilemmas and depravities have been the blossom, and danger and despair are the bitter fruit.” Has BeensLawPoorTreeLandDangerDespairFruitBitterCodePoisonLengthFabulousDilemmaBudDepravity Book:Lacon: or, Many things in few words Source: Lacon: or, Many things in few words
“Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun. First they mutilate you; then they poison you; then they burn you. I have been on blind dates better than that.” FirstsHas BeensFunAmountBlindCancerPoisonBreastsMassiveBreast CancerBlind Date Author:Molly Ivins
“I've learned to distinguish between the greatness of God and the inexcusable evil that has been done by those professing his name. And so I do not deduce [as Christopher Hitchens does] that God is not great, and that religion poisons everything. After all, if I failed to distinguish between the genius of Einstein and the abuse of his science to create weapons of mass destruction, I might be tempted to say science is not great, and technology poisons everything.” IfsDoeHas BeensDoneMightEvilNamesTechnologyGreatnessGeniusWeaponsMassDestructionAbuseI've LearnedPoisonTemptedWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionGreatness Of GodGod Is Not Great Author:John Lennox