“From early childhood I had always dreamed of becoming an explorer. Somehow I had acquired the impression that an explorer was someone who lived in the jungle with natives and lots of wild animals, and I couldn’t imagine anything better than that! Unlike other little boys, most of whom changed their minds about what they want to be several times as they grew older, I never wavered from this ambition.” WantMindLittlesAnimalBoysImagineChildhoodChangedGrewBecomingAmbitionImpressionJungleLittle BoysExplorersWild AnimalEarly Childhood Author:John Goddard
“Ironically, we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transitions than we had in Darwin's time.” ExampleTransitionFewerFossilsBiological Evolution Author:David M. Raup
“You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.” NeedsHardThreeWinningSportsTeachHard WorkDisciplineCommitmentInspirational SportsThree Things Author:Haile Gebrselassie
“I hate all the core stuff. That’s why I have to have a trainer. That’s the only way I’m going to do the abs work.” WayHateStuffI HateCoreTrainers Author:Sarah Rafferty
“We are talking about creating a legal framework to regulate the production, transit and consumption of drugs.” TalkingDrugCreatingProductionsConsumptionFramework Author:Otto Perez Molina
“Do not become angry and furious.... for those two emotions lead to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Hellfire.” TwoEmotionAngryWickednessFurious Author:Sufyan al-Thawri
“Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity exists only for tactical reasons. The establishment of a Palestinian state is a new tool to continue the fight against Israel and for Arab unity.” StatesReasonFightingExistenceIdentityToolsUnityIsraelEstablishmentPalestinianTactical Author:Zuheir Mohsen
“So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you'll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and prosper.Bad news. Read the papers. There are people dropping dead when they're 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation. They would be very disappointed that they didn't meet their life expectancy.I'm here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy.” PeopleThinkingYearsLongWould BeForgetFourPaperNewsTwentiesDecadesDisappointedPapersDroppingFinishingBad NewsExpectancyLife ExpectancyConvocation Author:Adrian Tan