#or

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#any #anything #came #come #did

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate. ↗

— Ronald Blythe

#living #novel #old #ordinariness #thing

To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary. ↗

— Ronald Blythe

#because #extraordinary #huge #in the past #multitude

9/11, the wars and terrorism have affected all of us in different ways: people who lost family on 9/11, the people who lost family in the wars and people who lost family in various terrorist attacks that have occurred since. ↗

— Mark Boal

#attacks #different #different ways #family #lost

I've always been a fan of books that create an interesting blend of fact and fiction - whether it's Norman Mailer, or 'The Short Timers,' or 'In Cold Blood.' I'm a fan of that genre. ↗

— Mark Boal

#been #blend #blood #books #cold

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers. ↗

— Franz Boas

#been #case #deviate #every #exceeding

Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has passed on its migrations, and the people with whom it came into contact, must be considered. ↗

— Franz Boas

#considered #contact #furthermore #history #influence

I hope I may have succeeded in presenting to you, however imperfectly, the currents of thought due to the work of the immortal Darwin which have helped to make anthropology what it is at the present time. ↗

— Franz Boas

#currents #darwin #due #helped #hope

In France, that let down the barriers more than a hundred years ago, the feeling of antipathy is still strong enough to sustain an anti-Jewish political party. ↗

— Franz Boas

#antipathy #barriers #down #enough #feeling

If you feel flustered when pressured to make a hard decision in a rush, the best answer is usually no. ↗

— Faydra D. Fields

#food