It was once religion which told us that we are all sinners because of original sin. It is now the ecology of our planet which pronounces us all to be sinners because of the excessive exploits of human inventiveness. Hans Jonas ecologyexcessiveexploit share on social
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. Hubert H. Humphrey childdawnelderly share on social
It was one long, anxious, inexorable, eternal vigil. Frank James anxiouseternalinexorable Change image and share on social
It was one of my dreams as a child, growing up in my little village with my cousins. We used to walk together, and I used to say, when you look at the world map, 'This town is there, that town is there, that river is there.' I used to say, 'One day, I'm going to travel these places.' Jimmy Cliff childcousinday share on social
It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property throughout the United States. Jefferson Davis compromiseconstitutionproperty Change image and share on social
It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor. Leon Askin actorchancedumont Change image and share on social
It was one of the great pleasures of my life to donate the entire sum of the Nobel Prize, in memory of my sister Ruth Blobel, to the restoration of Dresden. Gunter Blobel blobeldonatedresden Change image and share on social
It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes. Dinah Sheridan feelingfilmhead Change image and share on social
It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience. Bernadette Peters carnegiecrisisdebut share on social
It was one of those early mid-life crises, really. I started asking myself, 'What is it that I want from my life?' This question kept haunting me: 'Do I want to be a lawyer who always wanted to be a writer, or do I actually want to be a writer? Petina Gappah crisisearlyhaunt share on social
