If you sit down among hundreds of thousands of albatrosses in a field, pretty soon you’ll be completely surrounded by them, as they come walking up toward us and nibble on our shoelaces and just look right at us out of curiosity. Chris Jordan Read Quote
If you’re studying from a book and trying to listen in on a conversation at the same time, those are two separate projects, each started and maintained by distinct circuits in the brain. Pay more attention to one for a moment and you’re automatically paying less attention to the other. Daniel Levitin Read Quote
There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends is to limit him. Jacob Epstein Read Quote
I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio waves. Stephen Hawking Read Quote
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read Quote
Republicans can’t always agree on where to cut spending. They certainly can’t agree on what to do about entitlements. There isn’t a unified foreign policy vision, and there’s no consensus on immigration reform. Kristen Soltis Anderson Read Quote
I see that people now recognize me in the street. But it doesn’t change me in the depth of my being. Lea Seydoux Read Quote
I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn’t fit in. Like I wasn’t as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever. Halle Berry Read Quote
