"The observations that have developed over the years have given us perspective about where we fit in. We are newcomers, really recent arrivals on a planet that is four and a half billion years old."

-- Sylvia Earle

#Years Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Half Quotes

“Being Nigerian is a strong part of my identity. Being American is a strong part of my identity. And there are important parts of who I am that really have nothing to do with my national connection.”
“I'm a woman that's living in this world of everybody telling everyone how they should look, and what they should be eating and how people can lose this much weight this fast, and it just kind of overwhelms our senses. If I could just make the tiniest bit of difference in getting rid of that because it is so annoying, I would love that.”
“Any number of holier-than-thou honorable realists walk around in the belief that they have accomplished something, simply because they tell you for the hundredth time that a field is green and a red-painted house is painted red.”
“Im not the voice of reason; Im more the guy using these offensive topics as fodder to raise tension in a joke.”
“So if you see a star and he needs a little money So come on baby give it to him this isn't funny! Just reach into your pocket, and pull out some change, Come on baby help a star it's not strange!”
“Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.”
“Before Bin Laden did everything but advertise. Yet he had to blow up the Twin Towers just to get the attention of anyone outside the intelligence community. So what did we do? We invaded the wrong country, killed the wrong madman, and too often used the wrong interrogation techniques on the wrong people-all because our leaders lost contact with the truth.”

Source : Richard North Patterson (2012). “The Devil's Light: A Novel”, p.27, Simon and Schuster
“Keep your eyes open, take risks, and whenever possible, don't think of things the way everyone else does.”

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