"New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become."

-- Kurt Vonnegut

#New Beginnings Quotes #Earth Quotes #Commodity Quotes

“A baby is a very heavy thing, any mother will tell you.”

Source : George Ella Lyon (2010). “Borrowed Children”, p.35, University Press of Kentucky
“The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.”
“I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies brought into public discourse.”

Source : "Britain's intellectuals: leading thinkers have their say" by Alain de Botton, AC Grayling, Susie Orbach, Paul Gilroy, Will Self, Mary Beard, Brian Cox, Lionel Shriver, James Lovelock and Lisa Jardine, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2011.
“Earth as we know it came into being through its four great components: land, water, air, and life, all interacting in the light and energy of the sun. Although there was a sequence in the formation of the land sphere, the atmosphere, the water sphere, and the life sphere, these have so interacted with one another in the shaping of the Earth that we must somehow think of these as all present to one another and interacting from the beginning.”
“I guess quotes make me feel more connected.”
“Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles.”
“During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day.”
“The presumed causes of Americas troubles can be summed up simply: the evils of unlimited competition, and abuses by those with economic power.”

Source : Charles A. Reich (1970). “The Greening of America”

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