“Born in 1966, I came of age at the dawn of a revolution. The past was gone; we would move on and get over it!” AgePastMovingBornGoneRevolutionDawnOver ItGet Over Author:Deborah Copaken
“If an angel should be winged from Heaven, on an errand of mercy to our country, the first accents that would glow on his lips would be, Beware! Be cautious! You have everything to lose; nothing to gain. We live under the only government that ever existed which was framed by the unrestrained and deliberate consultations of the people. Miracles do not cluster. That which has happened but once in six thousand years cannot be expected to happen often. Such a government, once gone, might leave a void, to be filled, for ages, with revolution and tumult, riot and despotism.” PeopleIfsShouldYearsFirstsCountryGovernmentMightHappensWould BeAgeHeavenLosesGoneHappenedRevolutionThousandSixAngelGainsMercyMiracleConstitutionFilledLipsExpectedOur CountryVoidAccentsThousand YearsDeliberateCautiousRiotDespotismFramedTumultClustersErrandsBe CautiousConsultation Author:Daniel Webster
“Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.” AgeStepsGoneRevolutionTrialsJuryReformationConstellationsFreedom Of The PressTrial By JuryHabeas Corpus Author:Thomas Jefferson
“All this argument is the temperature going up or not, it's absurd. Of course it's going up. It has gone up since the early 1800s, before the Industrial Revolution, because we're coming out of the Little Ice Age, not because we're putting more carbon dioxide into the air.” LittlesAgeCoursesGoneAirRevolutionArgumentAbsurdIceComing OutCarbonTemperatureCarbon DioxideIndustrial RevolutionIce Age Author:Reid Bryson
“The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before. In the 1950s and 1960s, there were revolutions. When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism. Today it's a little bit more complicated.” LittlesCountryTodayBitsNumbersGoneMiddleRevolutionPeriodsLittle BitComplicatedEastRadicalMiddle East1960sMonarchyTurmoil Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“When I was trying to figure out why lives have improved so much in the last 300 years, where we've gone from a third of kids dying before 5 to - by 1990 it was down to 10% - now it's down to 5%. And saying why, over all history, there were smart people, but that number didn't change. Average life span didn't change. What's magical about what's been deemed the Industrial Revolution? It's really energy intensity.” PeopleTryingYearsKidsLastsEnergyNumbersGoneDyingFiguresRevolutionSmartThirdsAverageIntensitySmart PeopleIndustrial RevolutionLife SpanAverage Life Author:Bill Gates
“We live in a society right now which is the last phase of the ecosystem in terms of the old entertainment value, or the old entertainment construction, which is we've gone down to this instant gratification, instant numbers, instant understanding, instant. But it's like the exact - it has perfected itself to the instant click, when, in a way, creativity originates as a much more complex beast. So we now have to reinvent a new canvas where we can indulge in it. And that's where the digital revolution creates a whole new ecosystem of entertainment.” WayWholeLastsValuesUnderstandingTermNumbersCreativityGoneRevolutionRight NowComplexesEntertainmentInstantBeastDigitalConstructionPhasesCanvasIndulgeGratificationClicksEcosystemsIndulge InInstant GratificationDigital Revolution Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under protection of habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.” PersonsAgeFormFreedomStepsPrinciplesGoneRevolutionPressesProtectionTrialsFreedom Of SpeechJuryReformationSelectedConstellationsFreedom Of The PressFreedom Of ReligionFounding Fathers DemocracyCorpusTrial By JuryHabeas Corpus Author:Thomas Jefferson