"Through the window of my mask I see a wall of coral, its surface a living kaleidoscope of lilac flecks, splashes of gold, reddish streaks and yellows, all tinged by the familiar transparent blue of the sea."

-- Jacques Yves Cousteau

#Nature Quotes #Wall Quotes #Blue Quotes

“Print works! It works as a business proposition - our print readers [of the Mother Jones] not only provide revenue in the form of subs and ads, but they are a core part of our donor community; 10 percent give us a donation on top of their subscription; that's about the same rate as NPR gets from its listeners.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“Those who say that climate change doesn't exist are being understood as the flat-earthers that they are, as the people who deny the link between smoking and cancer, as the people who denied the link between HIV and AIDS.”

Source : "Stern: Climate change deniers are 'flat-earthers'" by Sunny Hundal, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2009.
“When the man is traveling with a man, he says, "Let's stay up late and work on this and get this to be better." When the man's traveling with the woman, for the sake of appearances he doesn't do the work with her. That's a lost opportunity for her to be a success.”
“[Eventually the] hoopla will die down [and people will] run the same way we brush our teeth-every day, without a fuss.”
“There is no surer or more illuminating way of reading a man's character, and perhaps a little of his past history, than by observing the contexts in which he prefers to use certain words.”

Source : Owen Barfield (1954). “History in English Words by Owen Barfield”
“It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the U.S., quite a few of the ultra-rich have taken to heart the 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's comment that it's a disgrace to die wealthy.”
“I fell in love with you because there was a mischief in your eyes.”
“I also feel it usually takes four or five races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training AND the race itself.”

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