Ledermann Quotes & Sayings

Camels can go many weeks without drinking anything at all. The notion that they cache water in their humps is pure myth - their humps are made of fat, and water is stored in their body tissues. While other mammals draw water from bloodstreams when faced with dehydration, leading to death by volume shock, camels tap the water in their tissues, keeping their blood volume stable. Though this reduces the camel's bulk, they can lose up to a third of their body weight with no ill effects, which they can replace astonishingly quickly, as they are able to drink up to forty gallons in a single watering. (pp.69-70) — Michael Benanav

Fear ... is forward. No one is afraid of yesterday. — Renata Adler

He thought of nothing, desired nothing, except not to lag behind and to do the best job he could. — Leo Tolstoy

Advanced life-forms, my seweet patootie. Jerks. Both of them. — James Patterson

If a man realizes who he is, he understands that if he must, he can start from the beginning and achieve success again — Sunday Adelaja

Given the millions of billions of Earth-like planets, life elsewhere in the Universe without a doubt, does exist. In the vastness of the Universe we are not alone. — Albert Einstein

He had to focus on the future or he'd never reach it. — James Dashner

Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize ... Vienna waits for you. — Billy Joel

When you have a child with someone, you're bound to them forever. That can be beautiful and miraculous, and yet a burden, too - the knowledge that your life is intertwines with another's for all time. It transforms your relationship in ways I can't begin to describe.
Before you take that step with someone, you must be ready to accept the destruction of the life you had together beforehand - and have faith that what you two create afterward can be even greater. — Claudia Gray