Billingslea Chapter Quotes & Sayings

I speak as a planetary physician whose patient, the living Earth, complains of fever; I see the Earth's declining health as our most important concern, our very lives depending upon a healthy Earth. Our concern for it must come first, because the welfare of the burgeoning mass of humanity demands a healthy planet. — James E. Lovelock

No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed. — Anthony Robbins

She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Growing up is simply getting old. Growing up is when you don't believe anymore — J.M. Barrie

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life. — John F. Kennedy

Supporting American technology companies is one of the most patriotic things you can do - the technology industry is the reason our country has such a high-standard of living and why we can afford to spread the democracy virus around the globe. — Jason Calacanis

You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver. — Gail Sheehy

I always loved Bill's contribution to the early Yes albums. Alan later took over from him and did great things but there was something about Bill's concept of the thinking musician that we've never had since Bill left. — Chris Welch

Ari stood up to greet them, and Crawford went back to his grumpy bastard therapy, which some people confused with spinning. — Amy Lane

Manchurian Candidate work was done under MKULTRA Subproject 136, which was approved for funding on August 23, 1961. — Colin A. Ross

If you're serious about improving your play, be brutally honest with yourself. — Greg Norman

I often pass a farm with cows grazing in the field and I think to myself how terrible it is that human beings grow other animals just to kill them and eat them. Most of us think of vegetarians as nuts and I'm not a vegetarian but I wouldn't be surprised if we came to a time in 50 or 100 years when civilized people everywhere refused to eat animals. — Andy Rooney

In partnership, the result is harmony, respect, love, and an explosion of creativity and joy. — Marc Allen

I now believe there is a God ... I now think it [the evidence] does point to a creative Intelligence almost entirely because of the DNA investigations. What I think the DNA material has done is that it has shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which which are needed to produce life, that intelligence must have been involved in getting these extraordinarily diverse elements to work together. — Antony Flew

Eventually, I headed to the bathroom, and I mention this only because I saw in that bathroom the most quintessentially American artifact I have ever encountered: a bright blue rubber mat resting in the bottom of the urinal emblazoned with the following legend:
Epply
World's Cleanest Airport
Omaha, NE
God bless our relentless idiotic optimism. — Steve Almond