"It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it."

-- David R. Brower

#Men Quotes #Environmental Quotes #Heritage Quotes

“Maybe stalking the woods is as vital to the human condition as playing music or putting words to paper. Maybe hunting has as much of a claim on our civilized selves as anything else. After all, the earliest forms of representational art reflect hunters and prey. While the arts were making us spiritually viable, hunting did the heavy lifting of not only keeping us alive, but inspiring us. To abhor hunting is to hate the place from which you came, which is akin to hating yourself in some distant, abstract way.”
“Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye.”
“I have a tendency to want to understand everything people say and everything I hear, both at work and outside, even at a distance, even if itâ€™s one of the innumerable languages I donâ€™t know, even if itâ€™s in an indistinguishable murmur or imperceptible whisper, even if it would be better that I didnâ€™t understand and whatâ€™s said is not intended for my ears or is said precisely so I wonâ€™t understand it.”
“He never gave up on me, I only stopped being matriculated.”
“The fact that Brazil and Chile now has China as their largest trading partner means the Monroe Doctrine is certainly something of the past.”

Source : "The New Maritime Silk Road". Interview with Parag Khanna, bigthink.com.
“Either we conform our desires to the truth or we conform the truth to our desires.”

Source : Os Guinness (2002). “Time for Truth: Living Free in a World of Lies, Hype, and Spin”, Baker Books
“The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.”
“The way the housing market imploded is obviously not an easy thing to explain. It's a little bit easier in a book - people can take their time, you can sort of go back and reread - but in a movie you've got two hours to not only explain things like collateralized debt obligations, but you also have to make it entertaining.”

Source : "On The Money: How 'The Big Short' And Its Jerk Heroes Explain Finance". "All Things Considered" with Kelly McEvers, www.npr.org. December 11, 2015.

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