#ma

Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #been #criteria #despite #domestic

Over 30 years ago, Airbus was founded by a European consortium of French, German, and later Spanish and British companies to compete in the large commercial aircraft industry with U.S. companies. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#airbus #aircraft #british #commercial #companies

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin, and you will be asked in return to never mind the angels, tell me who controls the production of pins. ↗

— Joan Didion

#angels #anyone #ask #asked #committed

I had very low expectations. Honestly, I think I had 11 rounds of golf the entire year in before this tournament, and I had hit balls maybe four or five times. ↗

— Trent Dilfer

#before #entire #expectations #five #four

To be on the same team with Orr was great because when I turned pro, nobody had more charisma. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#charisma #great #had #i #more

If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome. ↗

— Bill Dixon

#day #different #hours #i #imagine

Technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity. ↗

— Edward Dmytryk

#films #humanity #little #manufacture #nothing

I met Ashley two weeks before I married him. It was a joke-the most ridiculous thing I've ever done. Once I was married, I didn't want to be a failure, so I stuck it out for six months, which was about six months too long. ↗

— Shannen Doherty

#ashley #before #done #ever #failure

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#productivity #responsibility #work #worker

The recent 'panic' to control greenhouse gas emissions and billions of dollars being dedicated for the task has me deeply concerned that US, and other countries are spending precious global funds to stop global warming, when it is primarily being driven by natural forcing mechanisms. ↗

— Diane Douglas

#billions #concerned #control #countries #dedicated