“We don’t have to destroy the library of the past. We just need to give it a face-lift.”
Scott Douglas (1963) American wheelchair tennis player
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Gerald Durrell (1925–1995) naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter
As quoted in Durrell: The Authorised Biography (1999) http://books.google.com/books?id=iyRFAAAAYAAJ&q=&quot;Look+at+it+this+way+Anyone+who+has+got+any+pleasure+at+all+from+living+should+try+to+put+something+back+life+is+like+a+superlative+meal+and+the+world+is+the+maitre+d'hotel+What+I+am+doing+is+the+equivalent+of+leaving+a+reasonable+tip&quot;Gerald by Douglas Botting <br class="br">Context: A sparrow can be as interesting as a bird of paradise, the behaviour of a mouse as interesting as that of a tiger. Our planet is beautifully intricate, brimming over with enigmas to be solved and riddles to be unravelled. <br>Many people think that conservation is just about saving fluffy animals – what they don’t realise is that we’re trying to prevent the human race from committing suicide … We have declared war on the biological world, the world that supports us … At the moment the human race is in the position of a man sawing off the tree branch he is sitting on.<br>Look at it this way. Anyone who has got any pleasure at all from living should try to put something back. Life is like a superlative meal and the world is the maître d'hôtel. What I am doing is the equivalent of leaving a reasonable tip. … I'm glad to be giving something back because I've been so extraordinarily lucky and had such great pleasure from it.
Michael J. Behe (1952) American biochemist, author, and intelligent design advocate
Source: Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (1996), p. (1996).
Brian Campbell Vickery (1918–2009) British information theorist
Source: A Long Search for Information (2004), p. 1; Opening sentence.
“What’s real is what’s valuable. Everything else is just an illusion.”
Karl Schroeder (1962) Author. Technology consultant
Source: Lady of Mazes (2005), Chapter 17 (p. 183).
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
“Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable.”
Henry James book Washington Square
Source: Washington Square
“Don’t go around offending people just because it can be done sitting down.”
Gracie Allen (1902–1964) American actress and comedienne
Source: How to Become President (1940), Ch. 6 : How not to offend anybody
Context: As a well-known great man would have said if he had thought of it, “Don’t go around offending people just because it can be done sitting down.”