#beaver

The name Peace River itself is the monument of a successful effort on the part of the Company to bring about a better understanding between the Crees and the Beavers. ↗

— Ernest Thompson Seton

#beavers #better #between #bring #company

Canada has two emblems - the beaver and the maple. ↗

— John W. Dawson

#canada #maple #two

Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#beaver #god #king

Over time, it is all too common for people to lose touch with their heritage, as the thrill and immediacy of the present crowds out the echoes and lessons of the past. It would be a shame if that were to happen with respect to the fur trade. It is a seminal part of who we are as a nation, and how we came to be. ↗

— Eric Jay Dolin

#astor #beaver #buffalo #fur #fur-trade

Beaver do better work than the Corps of Engineers. ↗

— Mike Todd

#better #corps #engineers #than #work

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#beavers #eager #expected #fill #guys

Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and dam it up. ↗

— John Naisbitt

#dam #get #lawyers #like #mainstream

I was very excited about the idea that I could be an idealist, that I could be my age, the eager beaver who had hope in the justice system and the one who gets disappointed just like the audience. ↗

— Elisabeth Rohm

#age #audience #beaver #could #disappointed

Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#dam #get #lawyers #like #middle

I'm at a little loss in terms of my Leave It To Beaver expertise, since I never watched an episode of the show - so the cast in the pilot could have been Martians or they could have been the regular cast for all I know. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#been #cast #could #episode #expertise