"Wild beasts and birds are by right not the property merely of the people today, but the property of the unborn generations, whose belongings we have no right to squander."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

#People Quotes #Bird Quotes #Generations Quotes

“Typical reaction to scrutiny: attack and mock messenger and message, minimize the problem, hope attention dies down.”
“People forget that public people and celebrities, they too have to go to the bathroom and get divorced.”

Source : "John Densmore on Life, Love, Meditation and His New Book, 'The Doors: Unhinged'". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.
“There's no polite way to say to somebody (religious followers) 'Do you realize you've wasted your life?”
“I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change”
“A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.”

Source : "Captain Courageous: Tom Hanks and Capt. Richard Phillips". Interview with Katherine Heintzelman and Jennifer Rainey Marquez, parade.com. September 21, 2013.
“I find it exciting to get any historical material from the ground. As you know, I love to put ancient Israel and its literature into their ancient contexts. And to rebuild - that is, to me, a very exciting historical task.”
“...success is not a comparison of what we have done with what others have done.”
“When I went to the moon I was a pragmatic test pilot. But when I saw the planet Earth floating in the vastness of space the presence of divinity became almost palpable and I knew that life in the universe was not just an accident.”

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