“It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.” IfsMadeWould BeChanceFairsPityContactFrustrated Book:The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver Source: The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver
“Gastronomers of the year 1825, who find sateity in the lap of abundance, and dream of some newly-made dishes, you will not enjoy the discoveries which science has in store for the year 1900, such as foods drawn from the mineral kingdom, liqueurs produced by the pressure of a hundred atmospheres; you will never see the importations which travelers yet unborn will bring to you from that half of the globe which has still to be discovered or explored. How I pity you!” YearsMadeStillsDreamEnjoyHalfFoodHundredDiscoveryPressureStoresKingdomsPityAtmosphereAbundanceDishesGlobesTravelerLapUnbornMineralsImportation Book:A Handbook of Gastronomy Source: A Handbook of Gastronomy
“Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.” LoveMadeHandsSeemsYoungLiteraturePrayerPitySoilCaress Author:Andre Gide
“Some paradox of our natures leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to go on to make them the objects of our pity , then of our wisdom , ultimately of our coercion.” MenMadeInterestObjectsGoes OnFellowsPityEnlightenedParadoxFellow ManCoercion Book:The Liberal Imagination Source: The Liberal Imagination