“Should we go to school only once? Are we condemned to having only one career, occupation, or profession in such a long life span? Can we afford to retire at age sixty-five if we live another twenty-five years on average?”
Source: The Perennials: The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
“Remember... start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone. Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often. But if you take some risks, step up when times are toughest, face down the bullies, lift up the downtrodden, and never, ever give up-if you do these things, then you can change your life for the better... and maybe the world!”
Source: Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
“Recognizing that you have a bias and blind spots is essential to personal growth.”
Source: Female Firebrands: Stories and Techniques to Ignite Change, Take Control, and Succeed in the Workplace
“In modern society we often try to separate our personal and professional life. But this separation needs to be erased. People work better when they are accepted for who they are, living as a whole human being.”
“Remember, it takes courage, vulnerability, and humility to admit what you don’t know and experiment with new behaviors.”
Source: Female Firebrands: Stories and Techniques to Ignite Change, Take Control, and Succeed in the Workplace
“I felt like I'd been dumped onto a deserted beach. There was the ocean on one side and a dark forest on the other. No map to guide me, no radio for rescue. It was just me, alone, and I had to choose between drowning and walking into the unknown."
He shook his head. "You wouldn't have drowned."
I raised my eyebrows. "No?"
"You would have found a way to make some kind of machete and hacked your way through that forest no matter what. You're tough." He smiled a little. "It's what makes you such a pain in my ass."
I snorted at his crassness, and I felt another emotion sneaking in alongside my respect for his drive and his talent. Liking. I liked this man.”
Source: The Slowest Burn
“The body consists of three parts: the brainium, the borax and the abominable cavity. The brainium contains the brain. The borax contains the heart and lungs and the abominable cavity contains the bowels of which there are five: a, e, i, o, u.”
Source: Car Talk Science: MIT Wants Its Diplomas Back
“How do you keep a mattress on the roof of your car from flying?”
“Yeah, well, I don’t know how many people know it, but a lot of people have learned that putting your arm up there to hold the mattress is not going to work.”
Source: Car Talk Science: MIT Wants Its Diplomas Back
“Two passing jetliners reported to controllers they’d seen a man with a gun seated on a deck chair at eleven thousand feet…”
Source: Car Talk Science: MIT Wants Its Diplomas Back
“Creo que para el sábado en la noche habrán descubierto que todo juego y nada de trabajo es tan malo como todo trabajo y nada de juego.”
Source: Mujercitas