"We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so."

-- Thor Heyerdahl

#Civilization Quotes #Taught Quotes #Navigation Quotes

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
“I'm pretty satisfied with how 'Postcard' turned out. I think everybody did a great job.”
“The qualities we possess should never be a matter for satisfaction, but the qualities we have discarded.”
“Where you stand depends on where you sit.”
“The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.”

Source : "Writing the Frontier: Anthony Trollope between Britain and Ireland". Book by John McCourt, March 19, 2015.
“To be a successful boxer, the last thing you need to be doing is turning up to the gym stoned. You're going to get beaten up if you do that.”
“The Bronx are great. I have a lot of respect for those guys, they know more about music and how that world works than most of the players out there.”
“Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people's behavior, it would all make sense.”

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