"Much of the geographical work of the past hundred years... has either explicitly or implicitly taken its inspiration from biology, and in particular Darwin. Many of the original Darwinians, such as Hooker, Wallace, Huxley, Bates, and Darwin himself, were actively concerned with geographical exploration, and it was largely facts of geographical distribution in a spatial setting which provided Darwin with the germ of his theory."

-- David Stoddart

#Taken Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Past Quotes

“In the day-to-day life of a traveling musician, it's easy to miss so many details. The world goes by at high-speed; it will take your breath away.”
“Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd.”
“Behind every coincidence, every stroke of luck, and every miracle, there is inevitably a cold and calculating mind.”
“God, give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed.”
“We trained hard ... but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.”

Source : "Merrill's Marauders: The truth about an incredible adventure" by Charlton Ogburn, harpers.org. January 1957.
“We shouldn't be chasing other movies, but stay true to the tone of Man of Steel.”
“Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.”
“Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.”

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