“Bird taxonomy is a difficult field because of the severe anatomical constraints imposed by flight. There are only so many ways to design a bird capable, say, of catching insects in mid-air, with the result that birds of similar habitats tend to have very similar anatomies, whatever their ancestry. For example, American vultures look and behave much like Old World vultures, but biologists have come to realize that the former are related to storks, the latter to hawks, and that their resemblances result from their common lifestyle.” WorldWayLooksDifficultRealizingResultsCommonAirExampleDesignFieldsEvolutionCapableBirdLifestyleFlightFormerBehaveRelatedLatterSevereInsectsCatchingConstraintsAncestryAnatomyResemblanceHawksBiologistHabitatOld WorldVultureTaxonomyStorks Author:Jared Diamond
“We're cognizant, curious beings, capable of philosophical thought, nuclear physics, repeating Nerf weapons, global consciousness, Glade air fresheners, and sentient automobiles. But we're assholes first.” FirstsConsciousnessAirWeaponsCapablePhilosophicalNuclearPhysicsCuriousAutomobileCognizantNuclear Physics Book:Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living Source: Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
“First of all, women inherently, I think, are quite capable of having lots of balls in the air. And so, like, it's all those skills you use; you analyze the problem, figure out your tools, and then go at it piece by piece.... It's like what you have to do in the morning to get your kids out the door [if you're a parent]. The skills are, I believe, the same. The patience issues are the same.” IfsThinkingFirstsBelieveUseProblemKidsI BelieveParentMorningIssuesPiecesDoorsAirFiguresSkillsCapableToolsBalls Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell
“The air strikes are important [to fight ISIS], but we need to have an air force capable of it. And because of the budget cuts we are facing in this country, we are going to be left with the oldest and the smallest Air Force we have ever had. We have to reverse those cuts, in addition to the cuts to our Navy and in addition to the cuts to our Army, as well.” NeedsWellsImportantCountryFightingLeftForceCuttingAirCapableArmyStrikesBudgetsSmallestReverseNavyIsisAir ForceBudget Cuts Author:Marco Rubio
“I'm very interested in buildings that adapt to changes in climatic conditions according to the seasons, buildings capable of responding to our physical and psychological needs in the way that clothing does. We don't turn on the air-conditioning as we walk through the streets in high summer. Instead, we change the character of the clothing by which we are protected. Layering and changeability: this is the key.” WayNeedsDoeCharacterTurnsChangeWalksAirStreetsConditionsBuildingKeysSummerCapableSeasonsArchitecturePsychologicalClothingsProtectedAdaptationTurn-onConditioningRespondingAdaptabilityAir ConditioningPsychological Needs Author:Glenn Murcutt
“I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived. It is blood that moves the body. Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.” BelieveBodyMovingPassionI BelieveGreaterAirBloodCapableGreater Things Book:Kokoro Source: Kokoro