"I think we're insecure about our self-imposed spot at the top of the pyramid of life. New studies are continually undermining our superiority complex and forcing us to reconsider our relationship to animals."

-- Jonathan Balcombe

#Insecure Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Animal Quotes

“You never know people, do you? You can work with 'em for twenty years; you don't know 'em at all.”
“The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved.”
“All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.”
“I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you by the side of the railway track like an unwanted pair of old shoes.”

Source : "Dear Austen". Book by Nina Bawden, www.theguardian.com. 2005.
“The core philosophy we share with leaders is that everyone can develop the qualities in themselves. We all have strengths, but where we have gaps, we can make small changes in our behavior that make a big difference in how others see us as leaders.”
“I miss the Swedish women on the first day of spring cause they all just blossom in the most incredible way.”
“Dreams age faster than dreamers.”
“Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent.”

Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ; Related in an Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends. Ed. by A.G. Estrange”, p.11

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