“It's been proven by quite a few studies that plants are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the rate of crime goes down. Torture victims begin to recover when they spend time outside in a garden with flowers. So we need them, in some deep psychological sense, which I don't suppose anybody really understands yet.” IfsNeedsStudyCrimeFlowerDevelopmentAreasGardenVictimGreenPlantRatePsychologicalTortureProvenEnd TimesSpend TimePsychological Development Author:Jane Goodall
“The wild, the absurd, the seemingly crazy: this kind of thinking is where new ideas come from ... The people capable of such playful thought carry forward their childish qualities and childhood dreams, applying them in areas where most of us get stuck, victims of our adult seriousness. Staying a child isn't easy.” PeopleThinkingKindChildrenIdeasDreamEasyQualityCrazyChildhoodCapableAdultsAreasVictimStuckAbsurdStayingNew IdeasSeriousnessChildhood Dreams Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“Greeks have to know that they are not alone ... Those who are fighting for the survivor of Greece inside the Euro area are deeply harmed by the impression floating around in the Greek public opinion that Greece is a victim. Greece is a member of the EU and the euro. I want Greece to be a constructive member of the Union because the EU is also benefiting from Greece.” KnowsWantFightingOpinionMembersAreasVictimUnionsImpressionGreekSurvivorFloatingPublic OpinionGreeceNot AloneConstructiveEuro Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“At any rate, those problems [ non-proliferation regime for weapons of mass destruction ] would not be so acute, with numerous terror attacks and victims of those attacks in many areas of the world - in Europe and in the United States. We also never would have had such an urgent problem with refugees, I have no doubt about it.” WorldStatesProblemUnitedUnited StatesDoubtWeaponsMassEuropeAreasDestructionVictimRateTerrorNo DoubtRegimesRefugeeUrgentWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionProliferationTerror Attacks Author:Vladimir Putin
“Rory: "People are being serious." Jazza: "There's a serial killer out there. Of course people are being serious." Rory: "Yeah, but what are the chances?" Jazza: "I bet all of the victims thought that." Rory: "But still, what are the chances?" Jazza: "Well, I imagine they are several million to one." Jerome: "Not that high. You're only dealing with a small part of London. And while there might be a million or more people in that area, the Ripper is probably focusing on women, because all of the original victims were women. So halve that--" Jazza: "You really need another hobby.” PeopleNeedsWellsStillsMightCoursesChanceMillionsImagineSeriousAreasOriginalsVictimYeahLondonKillersHobbiesSerialsSmall PartsSerial Killer Author:Maureen Johnson
“These days there seems to be nowhere left to explore, at least on the land area of the Earth. Victims of their very success, the explorers now pretty much stay home.” HomeSeemsEarthLeftLandAreasVictimThese DaysExplorers Book:Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space Source: Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
“Shocked to learn of the serious attacks against certain areas in New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, which caused horrendous casualty, I wish to express, on behalf of the Chinese Government and people, our deepest sympathy and solicitude to you and, through you, to the Government and people of the United States. I wish also to extend our condolences to the families of the victims. The Chinese Government has consistently condemned and rejected all forms of terrorist violence.” PeopleStatesGovernmentFormCertainWishUnitedCitiesUnited StatesViolenceNew YorkSeriousAreasVictimTerroristChineseNew York CityConsistentlySeptemberRejectedShockedBehalfSeptember 11CasualtiesCondolencesSolicitudeSeptember 11 2001Chinese GovernmentOur CondolencesDeepest Sympathy Author:Jiang Zemin
“One area of law more than any other besmirches the constitutional vision of human dignity. . . . The barbaric death penalty violates our Constitution. Even the most vile murderer does not release the state from its obligation to respect dignity, for the state does not honor the victim by< emulating his murderer. Capital punishment's fatal flaw is that it treats people as objects to be toyed with and discarded. . . . One day the Court will outlaw the death penalty. Permanently.” PeopleHumansDoeStatesLawVisionObjectsHonorOne DayAreasDignityTreatsConstitutionVictimCourtPunishmentObligationReleaseFlawsPenaltiesMurdererDeath PenaltyHuman DignityOutlawDiscardedCapital PunishmentBarbaricFatal Flaws Author:William J. Brennan
“In essence, the Mexica remained little more than a band of pirates, sallying forth from their great city to loot and plunder and to submit vast areas to tribute payment, without altering the essential social constitution of their victims” LittlesSocialCitiesBandEssentialsAreasEssenceConstitutionVictimSubmitPaymentTributePirateGreat CitiesPlunderAztec Author:Eric Wolf
“Ere long the most valuable of all arts will be the art of deriving a comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of soil. No community where every member possesses the art can ever be the victim of oppression in any of its forms.” LongArtFormCommunityMembersComfortableAreasVictimValuableOppressionSoilSmallestSubsistence Book:Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings Source: Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings