Taxonomist Appreciation Quotes & Sayings

He was a canny old rascal. "I'm no pirate," James said. "I have been in the navy since I was eleven." "The way my daughter tells it, you hailed our late and not particularly lamented skipper, and threatened him with a broadside. When Molineaux did not heave to, you dismasted the Sally and boarded her. And it was the Wasp that sailed away with the gold. If you don't think that's piracy, my boy, I suggest you make a closer study of the word. — Donna Thorland

The most important word in the world of money is cash flow. The second most important word is leverage. — Robert Kiyosaki

Nobody roots for people who presume success. You have to earn success, and success is earned by making a movie that audiences like and want to see more of. — Nina Jacobson

I have yet to meet the famous Rational Economic Man theorists describe. Real people have always done inexplicable things from time to time, and they show no sign of stopping. — Charles S. Sanford Jr.

Why is our (US) government the only one in the civilized world with a stupid, short-term energy policy? Why do our elected officials consider a European or Japanese-type energy tax not only unpassable but undiscussable? — Donella Meadows

Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life. — Ernie Harwell

Faith begins where religious pretension ends — Austin Farrer

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty. — Honore De Balzac

Emphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper. — Elie Wiesel

If it turns out that my best wasn't good enough, at least I won't look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder. — Michael Jordan

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