"The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II."

-- Barry Commoner

#War Quotes #Years Quotes #Environmental Quotes

“Honest, I only cheat a leetle.”
“When you are knitting socks and sweaters and scarves, you aren't just knitting. You are assigning a value to human effort. You are holding back time. You are preserving the simple unchanging act of handwork.”

Source : Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.49, Storey Publishing
“Shun advice at any price - that's what I call good advice.”
“Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042.”
“... in this impersonal world of the nine-digit zip code, credit cards, and numbered bank accounts, in this world of no marriage, late marriage, and remarriage, the operative word in office relationships is 'family.”
“I absolutely am a Christian and I am very proud of it.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.”
“I always feel like the editing room is like coming into the kitchen. What kind of a meal do you make from there? It can be anything.”

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