A hospital may spend several million dollars separating a pair of conjoined twins even though that separation is likely to leave them worse off. Alice Dreger badlyconjoindollar Change image and share on social
A hostility to modernity is shared by ideologies that have nothing else in common - a nostalgia for moral clarity, small-town intimacy, family values, primitive communism, ecological sustainability, communitarian solidarity, or harmonies with the rhythms of nature. Steven Pinker claritycommoncommunism share on social
A hot air balloon requires a great deal of fuel to keep it aloft, so that you can't fly it even for one day. A gas balloon, which usually uses helium, has the problem that the helium cools at night when the sun is not on it, and you have to throw ballast overboard to keep it from going to the surface. Steve Fossett airaloftballast share on social
A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz. Humphrey Bogart beatbeefdog Change image and share on social
A house cannot be made habitable in a day; and, after all, how few days go to make up a century. Bram Stoker centurydayhabitable Change image and share on social
A house divided against itself cannot stand. Abraham Lincoln dividehousestand Change image and share on social
A house, having been willfully purchased and furnished, tells us more than a body, and its description is a foremost resource of the art of fiction. John Updike artbodydescription Change image and share on social
A house in the country is not the same as a country house. Gertrude Stein countryhouse Change image and share on social