"As for men, those myriad little detached ponds with their own swarming corpuscular life, what were they but a way that water has of going about beyond the reach of rivers?"

-- Loren Eiseley

#Nature Quotes #Men Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.”

Source : Zahi Hawass (2015). “Magic of the Pyramids: My adventures in Archeology”, p.28, Leonardo Paolo Lovari
“It's important for me to go back into the ghetto, where I'm from. I still get my oxygen from there. I don't live in the ghetto but every time I go back, I'm seeing the same things that I lived. That's one of the things I mean when I say, "My feet back onto the ground."”

Source : Source: www.gq.com
“I really took the lead on putting together the real estate fund-to-funds. Real estate was always interesting to me.”
“When you are giving people the gospel, you are giving them something to believe, and you have to set the stage for that. You don't just drive up and dump the truck and drive off.”
“Learning improves in school environments where there are comprehensive music and arts programs. They increase the ability of young people to do math. They increase the ability of young people to read. And most important of all, they're a lot of fun.”
“I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.”
“The optimist, as you probably know, is a person who, when he wears out his shoes, just figures he's back on his feet.”

Source : Hartman Rector, Jr. (2011). “Already to Harvest”, p.23, Cedar Fort
“You must fall in love with what you do, because being an entrepreneur is a lot of hard work, and overcoming a lot of adversity. From that love will come the dedication that will get you out of bed at 4 a.m. because of a great idea you just had and get you to work till 11 p.m. and not feel tired.”

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