Ficre Ghebreyesus Quotes & Sayings

Exasperation over our struggle in Vietnam should not close our eyes to the fact that we could have other missile crises in the future - different kinds, no doubt, and under different circumstances. But if we are to be successful then, if we are going to preserve our own national security, we will need friends, we will need supporters, we will need countries that believe and respect us and will follow our leadership. — Robert F. Kennedy

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things. — Timothy Ferriss

...At your age?' My ass. As long as I feed & support my family, do my job & do it well, I'll act any age as I damn well please. — Gerry Alanguilan

If more than ten percent of the public likes a painting, it should be burned. — George Bernard Shaw

I voted for Obama and I was delighted that he's been elected. — Bill Ayers

What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about. — Thomas Beecham

Theunis Piersma and his colleagues in the 1990s showed how red knots were able to detect tiny immobile bivalves (like mussels and clams) hidden in sand. When the bird pushes its beak into wet sand it generates a pressure wave in the minute amounts of water lying between the sand grains. This pressure wave is disrupted by solid objects, such as bivalves, which block the flow of water, thereby creating a 'pressure disturbance' detectable by the bird. — Tim Birkhead

'Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years. — Jennifer Egan