Quotes
Authors
Robert Fogel
"In most, if not quite all, parts of the world, the size, shape and longevity of the human body have changed more substantially, and much more rapidly, during the past three centuries than over many previous millennia." --
Source : "The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700". Book by Roderick Floud, Robert W. Fogel, Bernard Harris, Sok Chul Hong, 2011.
Robert Fogel
#Past Quotes
#World Quotes
#Body Quotes
“The love of science, and the energy and honesty in the pursuit of science, in the best of the Aryan races do seem to correspond in a remarkable way to the love of conduct, and the energy and honesty in the pursuit of conduct, in the best of the Semitic.”
“In my mind, there's a time and a place for putting your foot down.”
“You don't miss your water until your well runs dry.”
“For thousands of years, most marriages were in Stage I--survival-focused. After World War II, marriages increasingly flirted with Stage II--a self-fulfillment focus... Love's definition is in a transition.”
“If you look at any institution in history - look at the Roman Empire - anything in history, and what it looks like when it's peaking. Look at Apple, and how can you say it's not peaking? ... The thing is, it may take another year or two before it starts to decline, but it has to - everything does.”
Source : "Trip Hawkins On Apple". "Edge Online", August 2, 2011.
“My dad has worked so hard his whole life. He doesn't deserve to see his daughters going out embarrassing themselves and flashing their knickers. I want to make my parents proud.”
“Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.”
“In fact, effective solidarity with the poor, both individual persons and entire nations, is indispensable for the construction of peace.”