Altezza Quotes & Sayings

Now, to find dinosaurs, you hike around in horrible conditions looking for a dinosaur. It sounds really dumb, but that's what it is. It's horrible conditions, because wherever you have nice weather, plants grow, and you don't get any erosion, and you don't see any dinosaurs. — Nathan Myhrvold

Is what worth it?'
He let go of her hand just long enough to wave at the crowd. 'This. This endless parade of parties' ...
She fell silent for a moment, her eyes taking on a faraway look as she said, 'But yes, I suppose it is worth it. It has to be worth it ... I want a husband. I want a family. It's not so silly when you think about it. I'm fourth of eight children. All I know are large families. I shouldn't know how to exist outside of one. — Julia Quinn

The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear. — John F. Kennedy

Can I, just one time, play the good guy? — Clancy Brown

Nothing is more to mastery than practice and skills. Studies have shown that practicing five minutes daily is better than practicing once a week for three hours. And if you want to create a genuine culture of improvement, you must create those habits. — George Spafford

This late afternoon, they stood shoulder to shoulder at the masthead, watching the dockhands tie up the boat. Though she was four years younger and a girl, they were nearly the same height, Gina and Salvo. Gina was actually taller. No one could figure out where she got the height; her parents and brothers were not tall. Look, the villagers would say. Two "piccolo" brothers and a "di altezza" sister. Oh, that's because we have different fathers, Gina would reply dryly. Salvo would smack her upside the head when he heard her say this. Think what you're saying about our mother, he would scold, crossing himself and her at her impudence. — Paullina Simons

One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period. — E. O. Wilson

We are stardust, billion year old carbon. we are golden, caught in the devil's bargain. — Joni Mitchell

Law was once introduced without reason, and has become reasonable. — Blaise Pascal

Those moments." "Why not?" she asked. "Because if you judge him solely on his few moments of lows, then you — Brittainy C. Cherry

I worked for a lot of candidates, in tough campaigns that lost. Most of my candidates lost until Bill Clinton. There was always a point where you look in their eyes and they knew it was over. And there was never that point with Clinton. He never quit. He never gave up. — Dee Dee Myers

On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom. — Michel De Montaigne

It would be so easy to lose the plot now. It's not about achieving something for its own sake, and taking pictures for their own sake. But to make conscious decisions and choices, and it includes this constant questioning - Why am I taking pictures? Because really, the world is ... it has pictures enough. I mean, there are enough pictures out there. — Wolfgang Tillmans

To be a true explorer is to carry on your exploration even if it takes you to a place you didn't particularly plan to go to. — Lynne McTaggart

The Loser Now Will Be Later to Win — Walter Isaacson