The mammalian brain evolved exquisite place memory because that was essential for survival. This is why squirrels have such a good memory… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We've always known that our bodies are capable of healing themselves under the right conditions: Diet and exercise improve our health. But… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
In each age there is a series of pressing questions which must be asked and answered. On the correctness of the questions… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Are the new crops standing tall pushing up towards God? Or are their roots going far into what's left of the old… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Your clothing is the most important survival tool you have. Dress properly and any emergency you may have to endure becomes more… — Mors Kochanski Copy Share Image
Stand-up is like a row boat: it's fun and romantic when you're choosing to do it. But if you have no other… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
When you have to negotiate for survival, and you have to know how to read rooms, and you have to know who… — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
Any play that makes an audience think out of the box, that makes connections to life and names our pain and by… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
Individuals are not stable things, they are fleeting. Chromosomes too are shuffled into oblivion, like hands of cards soon after they are… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There are doubtless all kinds of ways of explaining why people want security, but I do not think we can start with… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Traditional folk music is about survival of the fittest song just like evolution is about survival of the fittest organism and generally… — John Spiers Copy Share Image
On the face of her phone Wileen programs a message to herself so that when the alarm clock rings the screen flashes:… — Buddy Wakefield Copy Share Image
The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside and all… — Adam C. Engst Copy Share Image
What we eat has changed more in the last 40 years than in the previous 40,000. The survival of the current food… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
But that was in the days when they expected perils to come from without, and nothing made less sense by that time… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in… — Kay Bailey Hutchison Copy Share Image
Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest… — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
“Afterward, there was that long, crowded pause in which everyone decides that although they are very shaken, and possibly upside down, they… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Never underestimate the latent power of nature. Often when she is most beautiful she is also most dangerous to those who fail… — Rich Hungerford Copy Share Image
The good thing that may yet happen during dying is not the possibility of survival when we're beyond that point. The good… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
“But daylight brought with it a wonder. None of us had expected to see it again. And as the darkness lost its… — Tammy Pemper Copy Share Image
Where the environment is too soft and luxurious and no strife is required for survival, not only are weak strains and individuals… — Madison Grant Copy Share Image
I've come to learn from my own experiences and those around me that it's not about survival of the fittest but about… — Natalya Neidhart Copy Share Image
It might not be pretty, but the A-10 is our most capable close air-support aircraft, and its arrival on the battlefield signals… — Martha McSally Copy Share Image
These animals hunt for food and survival we hunt for sports man is the only animal in the animal kingdom we torture… — Kathryn Powell Copy Share Image
Life is like a boat without a paddle, you have the option to swim. Not knowing if you'll survive or when you'll… — Jennifer Amorelli Copy Share Image
Survival should be the number one goal, states can have all sorts of goals that are deeply immoral or unethical. But that… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere "survivals" - as funereal urns carved on… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“I, personally, have resolved never to display weakness, to be always strong and firm and forthright, to show neither fear nor uncertainty--… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
You better make yourself acquainted to what the requirements are, what the value of money is all about and how you create… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various sorts do better in survival and reproduction. — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just… — Linda Vester Copy Share Image
I think the notion of success is fairly destructive. You can see elements of this surrounding any band becoming too popular. On… — Howe Gelb Copy Share Image
When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
The agony or pain we fail to endure that lingers as tears in our eyes; or that lingers as heartache in our… — Nkululeko Goqo Copy Share Image
On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global… — Edward Albert Copy Share Image
The real secret is to build an organization that isn't afraid to make changes while it is still successful, before change becomes… — Lewis E. Platt Copy Share Image