"The journey is difficult, immense. We will travel as far as we can, but we cannot in one lifetime see all that we would like to see or to learn all that we hunger to know."

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Source : Loren Eiseley (2011). “The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature”, p.12, Vintage

Loren Eiseley

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“The scientific study of Nature tends not only to correct and ennoble the intellectual conceptions of man; it serves also to ameliorate his physical condition.”

Source : John William Draper (1874). “History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science”, p.310
“I will help-but only so much, only so far. It is not that I believe these children are less than my own. It is not that I believe I do not have a responsibility for them. It is just that in a world of haves and have-nots, I do not want to give up too much of what I have. I do not want to diminish the complexity and diversity of my life. Instead, I will choose to spend another seventy-five dollars on myself rather than send another child to school, and I will choose to do this over and over again. I no longer think of myself as a good person. I have adjusted to that.”
“I think that when people join clubs as simple as a sorority or a fraternity, a football team, a baseball team, it's just - you want to be in a group. You want to be around people, you want to be with people.”

Source : "Theo Rossi Talks Sons Of Anarchy: Brick Season 4" by Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. October 04, 2011.
“I paint according to the moment and the theme. I don't have any prejudice. Life concerns me.”
“22 of 52 top (FDA) officials have worked for regulated industries, or organizations that cater to those industries...During a hearing held in 1969 by the House Inter-governmental Relations Subcommittee, it was disclosed that of 49 high ranking FDA officials who had recently resigned or retired, 37 joined or served as consultants to regulated industries.”
“Education will open doors where none seem to exist.”

Source : Mark Mathabane (1997). “Kaffir Boy: And Related Readings”, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
“I think that sonically, music speaks volumes more than words do, and I have always thought that and will continue to think that for the rest of my life.”
“From the consumer point of view, there may be questions about whether you'll have to be an AOL subscriber to get Time magazine, ... That combination of media with the access is one through which you may be able to block access to your competitors' subscribers.”

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