"For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands."

-- David R. Brower

#Responsibility Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Christians often threaten atheists with eternal torture. But if we say that they're delusional, they will tell us that we're being rude.”
“A pleasing face is no small advantage.”
“It's never too late with truth. It stands outside time.”
“There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.”
“If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need.”
“It's not about winning or losing, but love and respect.”
“I have one of those real old American built cars. The kind that just PUNCHES through accidents.”
“Nobody ought to be too old to improve: I should be sorry if I was; and I flatter myself I have already improved considerably by my travels. First, I can swallow gruel soup, egg soup, and all manner of soups, without making faces much. Secondly, I can pretty well live without tea ...”

Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld, Lucy Aikin (1825). “The works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld: in two volumes”, p.65

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