Professor Wangari Maathai Quotes & Sayings

Blessed are they that crumble; from them new worlds are made. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Buy one get none free! — Ransom Riggs

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others. — Marcus Aurelius

I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father. — Mavis Staples

Because spite could be a slow poison to the heart. If there was a lesson to be learned from Hattie, it was that forgiveness was a blessing. It would be a hard, stubborn thing to harbor ill feelings forever, even toward those who deserved it... — Jessica Lawson

X-Ray crystallography is nowadays an accurate and rapid method of determining conformation in the crystal lattice, which conformation usually corresponds to the preferred conformation in solution. — Derek Harold Richard Barton

Teachers have been heroes to me, as well as artists and writers, and I'm honored to be among their ranks. There is always a lot of grousing about the academy. I suppose it comes from our all-American anti-authoritarianism. — Alison Hawthorne Deming