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We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a single 100 watt light bulb.
Author: Bill Bryson - American WriterWorld , Good , Light , Candle
I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.
Author: Bill Bryson - American WriterMe , People , Time , God
You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a really good story because he was this kid who grew up essentially as an orphan, you know, had a tough life, and then he became the most successful baseball player ever. But he was also a really good guy.
Author: Bill Bryson - American WriterLife , You , Good , Tough
There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.
Author: Bill Bryson - American WriterAge , Old Age , Lightning , Farmer
There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do.
Author: Bill Bryson - American WriterTime , America , Alcohol , Government
I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour.
Author: Bill Bryson - American WriterSee , Long , I See , Behaviour
I've been writing all these books that have been largely autobiographical and yet, really, they don't tell you anything about me. I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.
Author: Bill Bryson - American WriterLife , Me , Myself , Family
The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place indeed.
Author: Bill Bryson - American WriterWorld , History , Night , Dark
Open your refrigerator door, and you summon forth more light than the total amount enjoyed by most households in the 18th century. The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place indeed.
Author: Bill Bryson - American WriterYou , History , Night , Light
I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he flew straight to Dingle Bay in Ireland and then on to Paris, exactly as planned.
Author: Bill Bryson - American WriterFlying , Alone , Achievement , Water
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