“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”
Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress
“Perhaps we cannot raise the winds. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.”
Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered (1973)
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British economist 1911–1977Related quotes
Bob Rae (1948) Canadian politician
Source: The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998), Chapter Five, The Second Question: Charity and Welfare-The Old Debate Is New Again, p. 95
“We pulled for you when the wind was against us and the sails were low.
Will you never let us go?”
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
Song of the Galley-Slaves http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/verse/p4/galleyslaves.html, l. 1-2 (1893). <br class="br">Other works
John S. Hall (1960) Poet, author, singer, lawyer
"Wind-Up Toys"
Lyrics, Real Men (1991)
Thomas Cahill (1940) American scholar and writer
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (2003)
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
34 min 00 sec
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990 Update), The Persistence of Memory [Episode 11]
Context: What distinguishes our species is thought. The cerebral cortex is in a way a liberation. We need no longer be trapped in the genetically inherited behavior patterns of lizards and baboons: territoriality and aggression and dominance hierarchies. We are each of us largely responsible for what gets put in to our brains. For what as adults we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain we can change ourselves. Think of the possibilities.