“South America had been an island continent, far bigger and far more diverse than Australia, for tens of millions of years before the Isthmus of Panama rose just a couple of million years ago. The resulting flood of North American mammals across the new land bridge corresponds in time with the decimation of the native South American fauna. In fact, most large mammals generally considered distinctly South American... are all recent migrants from North America.” YearsFactsAmericaMillionsLandCoupleYears AgoBiggerRoseSouthBridgesIslandsNativeAustraliaDiverseContinentsFloodNorth AmericaMigrantsMammalsSouth AmericaPanama Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Different ages have certain approaches, which may be more effective for one age and no longer effective in another age. The world that we live in now has much greater density to it; it is much more all-pervasive. And when I say "world," I include the human mind in it. The human mind has grown even since the time of the Buddha, 2,500 years ago. The human mind is more noisy and more all-pervasive, and the egos are bigger.” WorldYearsMindHumansMayDifferentAgeCertainGreaterEgoApproachYears AgoBiggerHuman MindNoisyDensityDifferent Ages Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Certainly there was the Affordable Care Act part, then unaccompanied children [there has been a surge of children entering the country illegally and without parents, particularly in Texas], and things like, we find smallpox in an NIH lab, after 50 years? Why didn't you find it, like, five weeks ago or three years ago? There was thing after thing. But the big ones were [dealing with] the Ebola [outbreak], the unaccompanied children. [It was] perhaps a bigger challenge than I had calculated on my yellow pad as I was thinking about this role.” ThinkingYearsChildrenHas BeensCountryBigsCareThreeParentChallengesRolesFiveWeekYears AgoBiggerTexasYellowThree YearsEnteringAffordableLabsPadsEbolaOutbreaksSmallpoxAffordable Care Act Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell
“I actually had less time and the exact same budget on Hairspray, which was few years ago and this is a much bigger movie [then Rock of Ages]. That's the way studios do it now.” WayYearsAgeRocksYears AgoBiggerStudiosBudgetsHairspray Author:Adam Shankman
“It's something we do every week. Every week kind of has bigger name headliners. It's all just our taste. There's a lot of people like Ian Edwards or Dan Mintz who a lot of people haven't heard of yet, but we know are really great. When we started the show five years ago it wasn't because Patton Oswalt needs another place to play. It was because we had a lot of new friends like BJ Novak or Morgan Murphy, who didn't have any club to play.” PeopleKnowsNeedsYearsKindPlayShowsNamesFiveHeardWeekHavensTasteYears AgoBiggerClubsFive YearsReally GreatNew FriendsMurphy Author:B. J. Porter
“Some dozens of years ago, there was a debate conducted between people insisting that "this loaf of bread must be redistributed," and the others who said "instead of worrying about redistributing it, cutting differently, let's make it bigger." A third possibility was not imagined: that the loaf may be shrinking. But it is now a genuine possibility. It is even acting upon already, like in the case of the American invasion of Afghanistan and of Iraq in order to secure the supply of petrol for the Americans addicted to gas-guzzling cars.” PeopleYearsMaySaidOrderActingCasesWorryCuttingCarPossibilityYears AgoThirdsBiggerIraqDebateGenuineBreadSecureGasAfghanistanDozenInvasionShrinkingInsistingPetrol Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including Mitt Romney. So, when you take the social media and you take the Tea Party citizens movement, you have a combination there that, quite frankly, 10 years ago, I wouldn't have had a chance.” YearsSocialChancePartyMediaMovementInternetCitizensYears AgoBiggerIncludingSocial MediaTeaCombinationCandidatesRomneyTea Party Author:Herman Cain
“My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn't realize that four years ago. I do now.” YearsRealizingFourBasketballYears AgoBiggerFour YearsOhio Author:LeBron James