Pikaia Quotes & Sayings

I don't want to say, 'I want to cure cancer.' It's such a grand thing. People have been trying for so long and we're not getting very far. But I do want to try to understand it better, and I want to make some forward movement. — Eva Vertes

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation. — Christopher Hitchens

Remember, in the end, it isn't what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not. — John C. Maxwell

$200, 300 million games, I'm a little scared about that; there aren't a lot of companies that have the resources or the courage to spend that much. — Warren Spector

You can't get to second base keeping one foot on first. — Hannah Whitall Smith

For in the theoretical field bourgeois economics no longer engages in blithe and joyous fights. — Rudolf Hilferding

Formerly, a fixture of the summer, formerly a rather minor component to a hot July, but throughout his life, a man beloved by the children, and therefore a most important man. — Rod Serling

My favorite place that I've been to that most people haven't been to is the Golden Triangle in the northeast of Thailand, which is inhabited by people as if in the Stone Age, without any form of power, without running water, simply living in huts on stilts. — Arthur Frommer

Trust me," he said. "I know what I'm doing ... or at least"
he strolled confidently to the door
"Felix does. — J.K. Rowling

Wikipedia is kind of weird. I feel it's lame to put up my own page, but I desperately want someone else to do it. — Kumail Nanjiani

I got this Jesus tattoo on my wrist when I was 18 because I know that it's always going to be a part of me. When I'm playing, it's staring right back at me, saying, 'Remember where you came from.' — Katy Perry

The funds are good at the moment," said the treasurer, with the bankbook in front of him. "The firms have been generous of late. Max Linder & Co. paid five hundred to be left alone. Walker Brothers sent in a hundred; but I took it on myself to return it and ask for five. If I do not hear by Wednesday, their winding gear may get out of order. We had to burn their breaker last year before they became reasonable. Then the West Section Coaling Company has paid its annual contribution. We have enough on hand to meet any obligations." "What — Arthur Conan Doyle

Pikaia is a missing link because, of all chordates, it's probably the most primitive. — Simon Conway Morris

There is something holy, something divine, hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.'
'What's that supposed to mean?' I asked.
'That the good that will come is not always obvious. Nor easy to see. Nor in the place we would expect to find it. Nor what we personally desire. You should consider that the good being created by the events this night may have nothing to do with the defeat of supernatural evils or endangered lives. It may be something very quiet. Very ordinary. — Jim Butcher

I do have a staff of what some people would consider to be very attractive, chic women. They are not on the staff because they are attractive and chic but because they care about the welfare of others. — Frederick Lenz