“Basic research is not the same as development. A crash programme for the latter may be successful; but for the former it is like trying to make nine women pregnant at once in the hope of getting a baby in a month's time.” TryingMaySuccessfulBabyMonthsDevelopmentResearchNineFormerBeing SuccessfulLatterStatisticsPregnantCrashProgrammesBasic Research Author:Richard Doll
“In certain circumstances where he experiments in new types of conduct by cooperating with his equals, the child is already an adult. There is an adult in every child and a child in every adult. ... There exist in the child certain attitudes and beliefs which intellectual development will more and more tend to eliminate: there are others which will acquire more and more importance. The later are not derived from the former but are partly antagonistic to them.” ChildrenCertainBeliefAttitudeTypeDevelopmentCircumstancesIntellectualAdultsImportanceExperimentsFormerAcquireCooperatingIntellectual Development Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child
“The indications are that swearing preceded the development of cursing. That is, expletives, maledictions, exclamations, and imprecations of the immediately explosive or vituperative kind preceded the speechmaking and later rituals involved in the deliberate apportioning of the fate of an enemy. Swearing of the former variety is from the lips only, but the latter is from the heart. Damn it! is not that same as Damn you!” HeartKindEnemyFateDevelopmentInvolvedLipsFormerVarietyDamnLatterRitualDeliberateIndicationExplosivesSwearingCursingExclamationExpletivesDamn YouMalediction Book:The Anatomy of Swearing Source: The Anatomy of Swearing
“I belong to a generation that had so many choices available. In 1970, when [former premier Robert] Bourassa launched the James Bay development project, nobody in Quebec asked whether we had the means to do it. Today could we launch another James Bay? Imagine the debates we'd have? We were a young, rich society with almost no debt. The generation that comes after us, and which will lead Quebec, must also have choices. And for that, they'll need financial manoeuvring room.” NeedsMeanTodayYoungChoicesRoomsRichImagineGenerationsDevelopmentProjectsFinancialAvailableDebtDebateFormerQuebec Author:Philippe Couillard