"The zoo cannot but disappoint. The public purpose of zoos is to offer visitors the opportunity of looking at animals. Yet nowherein a zoo can a stranger encounter the look of an animal. At the most, the animal's gaze flickers and passes on. They look sideways. They look blindly beyond."

-- John Berger

#Zoos Quotes #Animal Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“In reality, finding a way to raise taxes may well be the central political problem facing the United States.”
“Prayer is the key discipline whereby all spiritual work is done.”
“I hope to bring ancient philosophy and new scientific thinking together, to provide a new perspective of nature, especially the relationship between nature and man.”

Source : "Conversation with Liu Dan". Interview with Jane DeBevoise, www.aaa-a.org. March 25, 2010.
“We can ask for a dream of guidance on any issue that is facing us, and when we're lucky the dream can take us out of the boxes of the everyday mind's approach to that theme.”
“An awful lot of people are living only a foot above high water and do not know it.”
“The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it.Â However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us.Â It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.”
“Bottled water costs about 2000 times more than tap water. Can you imagine paying 2000 times the price of anything else? How about a $ 10,000 sandwich?”

Source : "The Story of Bottled Water", www.imdb.com. 2010.
“You've already been at the bottom. Why don't you go for the top?”

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