Little help Quote by David McCullough

“One had only to look at the map to see that Panama was the proper place for the canal. The route was already well…

— David McCullough

“Since 1849 I have studied incessantly, under all its aspects, a question which was already in my mind since 1832. I confess that my…

— Ferdinand de Lesseps

“Who, to say nothing about the perils of an awful and unknown sea, would have left Asia or Africa or Italy to look for…

— Tacitus

“You could start now, and spend another forty years learning about the sea without running out of new things to know.”

— Peter Benchley

“He had the feeling that humanity was running in place. So many centuries and they had not learned anything new.”

— Oliver Pötzsch

“Their plans were circumspect and small-time. They weren’t dreaming of taking over the world.”

— Cal Newport

“nonsense? Yet as it collapsed, it did not take the calm or sense of mastery with it; they remained. They had built a boat,…

— Greg Bear

“There was a sense of permanence about Egypt; the past was never far from the present.”

— McKay

“Like a ship changing course. It might take a while to get to port, but at least it was going in the right direction.”

— Louise Penny

“Stays focused and channel your little efforts through a common canal and you will marvel at the amount of pressure you create in that…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“No one saw firedrake as he made his escape along the canal.”

— Cornelia Funke

“I wasn’t sure I would ever be able to deal with the world. It seemed too big and demanding and there was no fixed…

— Jerry Pinto