“The chunks of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 were so large, and were moving so fast, that each hit Jupiter with at least the equivalent energy of the dinosaur-killing collision between Earth and an asteroid 65 million years ago. Whatever damage Jupiter sustained, one thing is for sure: it's got no dinosaurs left.” YearsEarthMovingEnergyLeftMillionsOne ThingYears AgoKillingDamageExtinctionDinosaursChunksCollisionJupiterCometsAsteroids Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I think Scandinavian Paganism, to us here, is more interesting than any other. It is, for one thing, the latest; it continued in these regions of Europe till the eleventh century; 800 years ago the Norwegians were still worshipers of Odin. It is interesting also as the creed of our fathers; the men whose blood still runs in our veins, whom doubtless we still resemble in so many ways.” ThinkingMenWayYearsStillsRunningFatherInterestingOne ThingBloodCenturyHe ManEuropeYears AgoRegionsCreedsVeinsOur FatherPaganismNorwegiansOdinScandinaviansWiccan Author:Thomas Carlyle
“I had over twenty years ago damaged the cilia in my ears. This has taught me many things. One thing I learned, paradoxically, is that there is much to be heard in silence.” YearsSilenceOne ThingHeardTaughtYears AgoEarsTwenties Author:Mark Nepo
“The manager, in today's world, doesn't get paid to be a steward of resources, a favored term not so many years ago. He or she gets paid for one and only one thing: to make things better (incrementally and dramatically), to change things, to act - today.” WorldYearsTodayTermOne ThingResourcesYears AgoPaidManagersStewardsToday's World Author:Tom Peters
“I learned about forty years ago that money and things wouldn't make people happy. And this has been confirmed many times. I have met many millionaires. They had one thing in common. None of them were happy....I realize that if you don't have enough you won't be happy. Neither are you happy if you have too much. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.” PeopleIfsYearsHas BeensEnoughRealizingCommonToo MuchOne ThingMetsYears AgoFortyMillionaireMaking People Happy Author:Peace Pilgrim
“Well, one thing that has changed is the number of people killed by terrorists in Pakistan. Civilians killed has gone down really quite dramatically. There was a newspaper article here about a month ago that got big headlines which said that civilian deaths from terrorism were down something like 80 percent or 90 percent from their peak of two or three years ago.” PeopleYearsWellsSaidTwoBigsThreeNumbersGoneOne ThingChangedMonthsPercentYears AgoTerrorismTerroristNewspapersArticlesThree YearsPakistanCiviliansHeadlinesCivilian Deaths Author:Mohsin Hamid
“I loved the book [The Adderall Diaries] I optioned it, I think some years ago. But there's a lot of different threads in the book. It starts off as one thing, where he's trying to cover this murder trial, and then his own life starts to impinge on that, so it becomes something else. I found that fascinating.” ThinkingTryingYearsBookDifferentFoundOne ThingYears AgoMurderTrialsFascinatingThreadDiariesAdderall Author:James Franco
“I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts.” YearsI CanTodayMovingEffortOne ThingWeekMonthsWeaponsYears AgoNuclearDevelopingMoving OnIranNuclear WeaponsMoved On Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“I sip my coffee. I look at the mountain, which is still doing its tricks, as you look at a still-beautiful face belonging to a person who was once your lover in another country years ago: with fond nostalgia, and recognition, but no real feelings save a secret astonishment that you are now strangers. Thanks. For the memories. It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator--our very self-consciousness--is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution, cutting us off at both ends.” YearsLooksPersonsStillsRealEndsSelfCountryFeelingsBeautifulFacesMemoriesSecretConsciousnessCuttingOne ThingEvolutionLoversMountainCreaturesYears AgoFellowsCreatorStrangerNostalgiaCoffeeTricksBitterThanksRecognitionBelongingDividesIronicSelf ConsciousnessAstonishmentSeparatingBeautiful FaceReal Feelings Book:PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
“Something settiled inside me, something heavy and hard. It stayed there, and i could not think of one thing to make it go away. I thought, So this must be living, this must be the beginning of the time people later refer to as 'years ago, when I was young'.” PeopleThinkingYearsHardYoungOne ThingYears AgoHeavyGoing Away Book:Lucy: A Novel Source: Lucy: A Novel