“It's only fashion that has said the pendulum has swung from extreme skepticism about extraterrestrial life to extreme credulity. The truth is somewhere in between.” SaidFashionTruth IsExtremesSkepticismCredulityPendulumsExtraterrestrialExtraterrestrial Life Author:Paul Davies
“Lycurgus the Lacedæmonian brought long hair into fashion among his countrymen, saying that it rendered those that were handsome more beautiful, and those that were deformed more terrible. To one that advised him to set up a democracy in Sparta, "Pray," said Lycurgus, "do you first set up a democracy in your own house."” FirstsLongSaidBeautifulHouseDemocracyFashionHairPrayingTerribleHandsomeCountrymenLong HairSparta Author:Plutarch
“Truth, like beauty, varies its fashions, and is best recommended by different dresses to different minds; and he that recalls the attention of mankind to any part of learning which time has left behind it, may be truly said to advance the literatures of his own age. As the manners of nations vary, new topicks of persuasion become necessary, and new combinations of imagery are produced; and he that can accommodate himself to the reigning taste, may always have readers who perhaps would not have looked upon better performances.” WritingMindMaySaidDifferentAgeLiteratureLeftNationsBehindsAttentionMankindFashionReaderTastePerformancesDressesMannersCombinationRecallsPersuasionLeft BehindImageryVaryAccommodateDifferent Minds Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752 Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752
“He seems faster too me. He could get seven to 10 yards in a pretty comfortable fashion. I went up to our defense and said `Hey guys, that guy is pretty fast.'” SaidSeemsGuyFashionComfortableSevenDefenseHeyFasterYardsTigersThat GuyLsu Author:Les Miles