“A man who has tasted with profound enjoyment the pleasure of agreeable society will eat with a greater appetite than he who rode horseback for two hours. An amusing lecture is as useful for health as the exercise of the body.” MenTwoBodyHoursPleasureGreaterSocietyExerciseProfoundEnjoymentAppetiteLecturesAmusingHorseback Author:Immanuel Kant
“Two people cannot be alone together for upwards of half an hour without one emerging as the superior.” PeopleTwoTogetherLanguageHoursHalfSocietyCommunicationSuperiorsEmerging Author:Lord Chesterfield
“This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor.” MenLifeFirstsNationsHoursChanceGenerationsSocietyLaborThis GenerationGreat Society Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Things happen too quickly, crisis follows crisis, the soil of our minds is perpetually disturbed. Each of us, to relieve his feelings, broadcasts his own running commentary on the preposterous and bewildering events of the hour: and this, nowadays, is what passes for conversation.” MindFeelingsHappensRunningHoursSocietyEventsConversationCrisisThings HappenSoilDisturbedCommentary Book:Mrs. Miniver Source: Mrs. Miniver
“On an average day 7 minutes of news happens. Yet there are currently three full-time, 24-hour news networks.” HappensThreeHoursSocietyMinutesNewsAverage Author:Jon Stewart
“The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change; Then let it come: I have no dread of what Is called for by the instinct of mankind. Nor think I that God's world would fall apart Because we tear a parchment more or less. Truth is eternal, but her effluence, With endless change, is fitted to the hour; Her mirror is turned forward, to reflect The promise of the future, not the past. I do not fear to follow out the truth.” ThinkingWorldPastFallHoursSocietyMankindTearsPromiseTruth IsEternalMirrorsInstinctEndlessDreadFalling ApartRottenRipeDo Not FearPromise Of The Future Book:Poems Source: Poems