"Nothing can be surprising any more or impossible or miraculous, now that Zeus, father of the Olympians has made night out of noonday, hiding the bright sunlight, and . . . fear has come upon mankind. After this, men can believe anything, expect anything. Don't any of you be surprised in future if land beasts change places with dolphins and go to live in their salty pastures, and get to like the sounding waves of the sea more than the land, while the dolphins prefer the mountains."

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Source : "Eclipse" by James Turrell, 1999.

Archilochus

#Father Quotes #Believe Quotes #Night Quotes

“I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while.”
“We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.”
“My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.”

Source : "Joanna Lumley: Animals Are Just Like Us". Interview with Dan Mathews, www.peta.org. December 6, 2010.
“Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.”

Source : Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.198, John Wiley & Sons
“Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.”
“Having all eyes on me at all times is hard to deal with, but it's great. It feels like you've already accomplished something. It's already predetermined that you're going to do well.”
“The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.”

Source : Edward Thomas (2012). “Poems of Edward Thomas”, p.150, Other Press, LLC
“Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.”

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