“To climb the highest peaks, to travel through… celestial space, to turn our searchlights upon domains of eternal darkness, that is what makes life worth living.” TurnsSpaceDarknessEternalHighestClimbsDomainWorth LivingCelestialLife Worth Living Book:Earth, Sky, and Sea Source: Earth, Sky, and Sea
“It is to Titian we must turn our eyes to find excellence with regard to color, and light and shade, in the highest degree. He was both the first and the greatest master of this art. By a few strokes he knew how to mark the general image and character of whatever object he attempted.” FirstsArtCharacterLightEyeTurnsObjectsColorMastersDegreesHighestMarkRegardExcellenceShadeStrokes Book:Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, Delivered at the Royal Academy Source: Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, Delivered at the Royal Academy
“It turns out that moving our muscles produces proteins that travel through the bloodstream and into the brain, where they play pivotal roles in the mechanisms of our highest thought processes.” PlayMovingTurnsProcessBrainRolesProduceHighestMusclesMechanismProteinThought ProcessPivotal Author:John Ratey
“If we learn from those only, of whose lives and opinions we altogether approve, we shall have to turn from many of the highest and profoundest minds.” IfsMindTurnsOpinionHighest Author:John Lancaster Spalding
“There is a deep connection between Bernoulli's dictum and John Kelly's 1956 publication. It turns out that Kelly's prescription can be restated as this simple rule: When faced with a choice of wagers or investments, choose the one with the highest geometric means of outcomes.” MeanTurnsChoicesSimpleHighestConnectionsInvestmentOutcomesPublicationPrescriptionsGeometricWagersDeep Connections Author:William Poundstone
“True religion and virtue give a cheerful and happy turn to the mind, admit of all true pleasures, and even procure for us the highest.” GivingMindReligionTurnsPleasureVirtueHighestCheerfulTrue Religion Author:Joseph Addison
“Black people are the only segment in American society that is defined by its weakest elements. Every other segment is defined by its highest achievement. We have to turn that around.” PeopleTurnsBlackElementsAchievementHighestDefinedBlack PeopleAmerican Society Author:Jewell Jackson McCabe