#ow

Moreover, all our knowledge of organic remains teaches us, that species have a definite existence, and a centralization in geological time as well as in geographical space, and that no species is repeated in time. ↗

— Edward Forbes

#definite #existence #geographical #geological #knowledge

I don't know if we ever fully get over the pain of watching a child trying to find their way through a world that too often doesn't understand. ↗

— Anne Ford

#ever #find #fully #get #i

I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not. ↗

— Betty Ford

#alcoholic #because #going #i #know

Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help. ↗

— Betty Ford

#help #position #power #used #which

When I was about nine, my siblings and I fell out of our moving van at an intersection. My dad didn’t notice for about five blocks. It was back before seat belts. It was also back before parents used any sort of common sense whatsoever. It was a time when you didn’t raise your children. You just fed them and they got bigger. ↗

— Dina Kucera

#growing-up #memoir #family

One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me. ↗

— Bill Ford

#being #believe #ceos #close #companies

I don't ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad. ↗

— Bill Ford

#believe #clippings #ever #good #i

I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn't know very well. They didn't know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan. ↗

— Bill Ford

#group #had #i #inherited #know

My theory is, if you can do comedy and you can be in a scene with someone like Brad Garrett and hold your own, you've really got a future in this business. ↗

— Faith Ford

#business #comedy #future #got #hold

I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#been #being #down #had #i