"We've only explored about 5% of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there - fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways we can't even imagine."

-- Edith Widder

#Ocean Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Years Quotes

“I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my field of art, film and animation.”
“I think General Pershing was the most military figure I've ever seen.”
“About 25 years ago, I took a bicycle across the United States. I soon found out that the greatest item of clothing was the trusty bandanna. There were dozens of uses for a bandanna - as a pot holder, a chain cleaner, a sun shield, a headband, a snot rag, a declaration of Kerouacian intent.”
“Being serious just makes me a little bit embarrassed.”

Source : "Patricia Marx Tells A Tale Of Sweet, Unbalanced Love". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. September 13, 2011.
“Now I am . . . like anyone with a strong preference for the fly rod, totally indifferent to how large a fish I catch by comparison with other fishermen. So when a fifteen-year-old called Fred, fishing deep in midsummer with a hideous plastic worm, caught a four and a half pounder . . . I naturally felt no resentment beyond wanting to break the kid's thumbs.”
“If these rich women from 5th Avenue spend a fortune on cashmere sweaters, they will come to my store to buy gummy bears.”
“I shop for clothes when I have time - early in the morning or late at night.”
“The artist who really loves people loves them so well the way they are he sees no need to disguise their characteristics-he loves them whole, without retouching. Yet the word used for this unqualifying affection is 'cynicism'.”

Source : Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books

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