"If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live."

-- Maurice Maeterlinck

#Men Quotes #Years Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I take notice of those who have argued consistently for the modernisation of the E.U., but so many of the skeptics in Britain are just hostile to the whole European idea.”
“Precisely where I feel my poverty is where I discover God's blessing.”
“I'm not scared at all... Of the cracks in the crystal ball.”
“Being general manager is like being the de facto owner. It's like wearing the crown of 'Restaurant Man' without being 'Restaurant Man.' You're trying to run the business, but you're running the ranch without riding the big horse.”
“I've come within range of hate. Terrifying, its tremors, its dizzying obsessions. Hate's like a swordfish invisible in the water, knifing suddenly into sight with blood on its blade- clear water misleads you.”
“They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.”
“Man is not going to wait passively for millions of years before evolution offers him a better brain.”
“If work is no antidote to death, nor a denial of it, death is a powerful stimulus to work. Get done what you can.”

Source : Donald Hall (2012). “Life Work”, p.68, Beacon Press

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