Megasthenes Book Quotes & Sayings

One bacterium has 2,000 to 6,000 proteins. — Paul A. Offit

The sands are number'd that make up my life. — William Shakespeare

The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are often even lower than the city averages, and spending levels in the wealthiest suburban areas are daunting challenges to any hope New Yorkers might retain that even semblances of fairness still prevail. — Jonathan Kozol

Eighteenth-century matrons would have never have dreamed of appointing a redhaired wet nurse for their precious offspring - redheads passed on their horrible characters through their milk. — Kate Williams

We call it the rule of seven. We've worked at other companies with a rule of seven, but in all of those cases the rule meant that managers were allowed a maximum of seven direct reports. The Google version suggests that managers have a minimum of seven direct reports (Jonathan usually had fifteen to twenty when he ran the Google product team). We still have formal organization charts, but the rule (which is really more of a guideline, since there are exceptions) forces flatter charts with less managerial oversight and more employee freedom. — Eric Schmidt

She becomes the voice of reason
when there is none — Samantha Schutz

Everybody loves me, babies, dogs, ya know, hot girls, cougars. I just have unbelievable mass appeal. — Mike Sorrentino

Our CO2 mixes with everyone else's within a year, then hangs around for centuries like a shroud. — William H. Calvin

Never run upstairs when someone's chasing you. Don't try to quick-draw a man who already has his gun out. Never light a match in the dark in a strange building. Half of staying safe is just keeping your head and being prudent. — Mark Zero