"Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around."

-- Sylvia Earle

#Blue Quotes #Oysters Quotes #Whales Quotes

“Put it back in the horse!”
“Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.”
“In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional.”

Source : Léon Krier (1998). “Architecture: Choice Or Fate”, p.83, Papadakis Publisher
“We need a new political movement of women and men toward a new society.”
“We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.”
“If it is permitted to the enlightened but baffled Statesman, when deserted and fallen from his place, to appeal from the voices of the moment to the judgment of more impartial times, with what right can we call in question the loftier form of the same prophetic trust which looks to a present God rather than to future men?”
“I don't care how much people understand what it is that I'm doing, except if they're players in my ensemble or other ensembles. I just want people to be moved by the music. If you're not moved by the music, then everything else falls away. You're not interested in the text, you're not interested in how it was done, and you're not interested in interviewing the composer and all the rest of it.”

Source : Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. November 22, 2006.
“We have met and hated, fought and died before - you and I. Kepta to Garin People of the Crater. Andre Norton.”

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