"The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine."

-- Bill Vaughan

#Whales Quotes #Ants Quotes #Fine Quotes

“Books don’t change the world, people change the world, books only change people.”
“I never thought anything about age. I believed sincerely and still do, that thereâ€™s nothing I cannot do. I believe that all the power in the universe is right inside me.”
“Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident happened during the whole time of my residence.”

Source : Henry Walter Bates (1875). “The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel”, p.253
“Sorry. But I don't need some money-grubbing preacher defining my relationship with God.”
“Finding oneself and one's path is like waking up on a foggy day. Be patient, and presently the fog will clear and that which has always been there can be seen. The path is already there to follow”
“Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others.”
“My problem was that I felt ashamed of feeling sad or angry. Now, I don't hide my vulnerability in my lyrics. There's no way I was going to get raped and not get something out of it. I learned about power and hope and forgiveness. I like who I am now and I wouldn't be who I am if that hadn't happened.”
“If we should die trying to live, at least we live like human beings.”

Source : "Fictional character: Tuvia Bielski". "Defiance", www.imdb.com. 2008.

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