Isaac Mayer Wise The nations of antiquity rolled away in the current of ages, Israel alone remained one indestructible edifice of gray antiquity… preserved by an internal and marvelous power. – Isaac Mayer Wise Ages Quotes Antiquity Quotes Current Quotes Edifice Quotes Gray Quotes Indestructible Quotes Internal Quotes Israel Quotes Marvelous Quotes Nations Quotes Power Quotes Preserved Quotes Remained Quotes Rolled Quotes It flourished with the Saracens, and suffered in the obscure and fanatical days of the Middle Ages. Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization which are being solved now under all the difficulties imposed by the spirit of the Middle Ages.
ArchitectureBen Nicholson You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth, and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth, at it’s best. – Ben Nicholson
Aaron Swartz Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse. – Aaron Swartz
Michael Shnayerson The story of mountaintop mining – why it happens, and what its consequences are – is still new to most Americans. They have no idea that their country’s physical legacy – the purple mountain majesties that are America – is being destroyed at the rate of several ridgetops a week, by three million pounds of explosives every day. – Michael Shnayerson
Elizabeth Gaskell My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling. – Elizabeth Gaskell
Manika I know it’s a guy thing to chest bump, but me and my dancers chest bump before hitting the stage. Not too hard though…ouch! – Manika
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