Waorani Quotes & Sayings

Secular humanism proposes ... the complete implementation of the agenda of modernism ... what is necessary for it to occur is a ... New Enlightenment. — Paul Kurtz

The fundamental tragedy about life is that those who possess it often are not aware of its value. — Sunday Adelaja

Sometimes, people meant it when they smiled. Other times, they smiled because they wanted to mean it. — Shannon A. Thompson

Marx's critique of free markets and free trade can shed as much devastating light on our own actually existing capitalism as it did for the capitalism of Marx's own time and place. — David Harvey

What was shocking to us was that by spreading the energy out across seven beams instead of one, the phototoxicity went way down. — Eric Betzig

Travelers perceptions do not always reflect the reality of a situation, and ignorance is costing the industry billions. — Paul Dowling

The Waorani carry out a similar diet with their arrow poison, called curare or, in their language, oomae. This is another amazing product of the indigenous science, a most sophisticated technology that the Waorani extrapolated from an ancient myth. — Jonathon Miller Weisberger

The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton's first law of jealousy. — Erica Jong

In the industry, trying out new genres is not always encouraged but what I've discovered is that as a writer, a jaunt outside my comfort zone generally brings new skills to the main body of my work. — Sara Sheridan

The crickets sang in the grasses. They sang the song of summer's ending, a sad monotonous song. "Summer is over and gone, over and gone, over and gone. Summer is dying, dying." A little maple tree heard the cricket song and turned bright red with anxiety. — E.B. White

The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money. — Dambisa Moyo

When stalking one's prey, it is best to take one's time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge. — Harper Lee

I don't need an overpowering, powerful, rich man to feel secure. I'd much rather have a man who is there for me, who really loves me, who is growing, who is real. — Bianca Jagger

[To an author who asked his opinion of his writing]
I have found only three things wrong with your work, the beginning, the middle, and the end. — George Bernard Shaw

Pride is love for one's deeds or achievements. Vanity is love for one's ... one, I guess. — Corey Taylor

Before my first visit to Waorani territory, I was introduced to don Casimiro Mamallacta, a traditional Kichwa healer and family man living in the outskirts of the jungle town of Archidona, by his daughter Mercedes, whom I met at the Jatun Sacha biological station. During the years that I was collaborating on the demarcation effort and in between the work sessions, I lived with don Casimiro's family. — Jonathon Miller Weisberger