"The ills and disorders of the 14th century could not be without consequence. Times were to grow worse over the next fifty-odd years until at some imperceptible moment, by the some mysterious chemistry, energies were refreshed, ideas broke out of the mold of the Middle Ages into new realms, and humanity found itself redirected."

-- Barbara Tuchman

#Years Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“I love cycling, but if I could find a way of building something above the streets for cyclists, that would be amazing. We need even more space.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“[Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.] - Last words of Toure Bomoko”
“Every second that you're filming, you have a myriad of choices to make.”

Source : "Rain in a Dry Land". "POV" Interview, www.pbs.org. June 19, 2007.
“I just want things to work properly.”
“the possession of wealth, and especially the inheritance of wealth, seems almost invariably to sterilize genius.”
“Bachelors know all about parties. In fact, a good bachelor is a living, breathing party all by himself. At least that is what my girlfriend said when she found the gin bottles under the couch. I believe her exact words were, "You're a disgusting, drunken mess." And that's a good description of a party, if it's done right.”
“According to an old French motto, Noblesse oblige - one must live up to one's name. The Rothschilds' condition of life has imposed on them a second motto: Richesse oblige - one must live up to one's fortune.”
“Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.”

Source : "The Bible and Congressman Broun" by Adam Hamilton, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 11, 2012.

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