David Quammen Quote

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Sow good seeds for a good yield.

A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.

Sometimes playing stupid opens your eyes to the truth.

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...

Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen; many a man, as handsome or good in bed.

The cross has become a symbol in much of the Western world, misused by many rock stars and others who do not comprehend its significance.

The best fighter is never angry.

Those that dare not to dream big are cowards, for they fear to expose the already great potentials embedded inside of them.