“I always think about which blood drive was going on in Georgia that day when that husband or mom or school teacher rolled up their sleeve and actually gave me a second chance at life. It's the ultimate gift of life, and I'm the one who was on the other end.” ThinkingEndsSchoolChanceTeacherBloodMomHusbandUltimateSecond ChanceSleevesGeorgiaSchool TeachersGifts Of Life Author:Niki Taylor
“Not many years ago, it was access to information and movement that seemed our greatest luxury; nowadays its often freedom from information, the chance to sit still, that feels like the ultimate prize. Stillness is not just an indulgence for those with enough resources its a necessity for anyone who wishes to gather less visible resources.” FeelsYearsStillsEnoughWishChanceSilenceInformationMovementResourcesYears AgoUltimateAccessLuxuryVisiblePrizeStillnessIndulgenceAccess To Information Book:The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere Source: The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere
“The human race cannot go forward without liberty. If this be correct, then all people everywhere should strive for liberty. If they achieve liberty, they will get a chance to pursue happiness and perhaps will be able to develop toward the ultimate goal of creation.” PeopleIfsShouldHumansAbleGoalChanceRaceLibertyAchieveCreationUltimateStrivePursueHuman RaceUltimate Goal Author:Richard E. Byrd
“Even though fathers, grandparents, siblings, memories of ancestors are important agents of socialization, our society focuses on the attributes and characteristics of mothers and teachers and gives them the ultimate responsibility for the child's life chances.” GivingChildrenImportantMotherFatherMemoriesChanceEducationResponsibilityTeacherUltimateAgentsCharacteristicsOur SocietyAttributesAncestorGrandparentSiblingSocialization Book:Worlds apart: relationships between families and schools Source: Worlds apart: relationships between families and schools
“Contemporary philosophers are facing problems that were unthinkable only one century ago, such as whether space and time are mutually Independent, whether there is objective chance or only uncertainty, whether physics can explain chemical change, whether our behavior is fully determined by our genomes, whether ideation can change the brain, or whether either the economy or ideas are the ultimate roots of the social.” IdeasProblemSocialChanceSpaceBrainEconomyCenturyBehaviorRootsUltimateIndependentPhilosopherDeterminedPhysicsObjectivesContemporaryUncertaintyChemicalsTime And SpaceUnthinkableGenomeIdeation Author:Mario Bunge
“The ultimate evil is the weakness, cowardice, that is one of the constituents of so much human nature. When, rarely, unalloyed nobility does occur, its chances of prevailing are slim. Yet it exists, and its mere existence is reason enough for not wiping the name of mankind off the slate.” HumansDoeReasonEnoughEvilNamesChanceExistenceMankindHuman NatureWeaknessUltimateMereHuman ConditionCowardiceNobilityPrevailingConstituentsSlateSlim Author:John Simon