"Increased knowledge of heredity means increased power of control over the living thing, and as we come to understand more and more the architecture of the plant or animal we realize what can and what cannot be done towards modification or improvement."

-- Reginald Punnett

#Knowledge Quotes #Mean Quotes #Animal Quotes

“The path is always right beneath your feet.”
“Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.”
“In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me for its workmanship and artistry is 'Ratatouille.' It was an astonishing effort in filmmaking.”
“What You Lose on the Swings You Make Up on the Merry-Go-Round,”

Source : George V. Higgins (2012). “Defending Billy Ryan”, p.78, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“She wished she could visit Mariam's grave, to sit with her awhile, leave a flower or two. But she sees now that it doesn't matter. Mariam is never very far.... Mariam is in her own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand suns.”
“Why is it that only girls stand on the sides of their feet? As if they're afraid to plant themselves?”
“Much of the point of individual action is really to communicate with other people and with political leaders and to demonstrate to them that we are willing to live lives which are less dependent on fossil fuels and we'll show you that now by changing our individual life to some extent but we want you to take action, political leaders, so that we aren't living in a society in which we're dependent on poisoning the future in order to maintain present lifestyles.”
“Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul. Do not let newspapers, novels, and romances be read, while the prophets and Apostles be despised. Do not let the exciting and sensual swallow up your attention, while the edifying and the sanctifying can find no place in your mind.”

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