Arrows Quote by William H. Calvin Download Open image “You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs.” — William H. Calvin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Arrows Pioneers Spots
The pioneers take the arrows. And when you're at the top everybody is gunning for what you have and what you want, and that's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
One thing about pioneers that you don't hear mentioned is that they are invariably, by their nature, mess-makers. They go forging ahead, seeing only… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
“As the old adage goes, “Pioneers get arrows in their backs”. So learn to accept the copycatting, and develop a thick( er) skin.” — Kate Toon Copy Share Image
“We were not pioneers ourselves, but we journeyed over old trails that were new to us, and with hearts open. Who shall distinguish?” — J. Monroe Thorington Copy Share Image
My wife and I drove across America following the Oregon Trail, which the pioneers once passed along. — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
“If there was one thing I learned from all my research, it was that the majority of the early pioneers didn’t dwell on the… — Mike Ericksen Copy Share Image
You, the sons of the pioneers, if you are true to your ancestry, must make your lives as worthy as they made theirs. They… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Well, pioneers always suffer. I don't care who is the first to embark upon things. For instance, settlers that settled the West, Western Canada… — Bobby Hull Copy Share Image
“During the trail years, reaching Independence Rock aroused a kind of collective, Paleolithic carving gene, a powerful urge among the pioneers to leave behind… — Rinker Buck Copy Share Image
Perhaps we should put up posters in such places reminding people that where they stand was underwater the last time that the Earth ran… — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
Stopping emissions growth represents the most minimal of do-something responses. — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
Since Serengeti-scale savanna scenes are only one or two million years old, our earliest after-the-apes ancestors didn't move into this scene so much as… — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
Climate change has a very high procrastination penalty that just grows with each passing year of inaction - rather like what happens if you… — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
Countries that innovate first get the new jobs, developing an economic edge over the C-free laggards that end up having to later import the… — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon. — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial. — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
Carrying on as usual carries enormous risks, condemning today's students to a world of constant insecurity and frequent catastrophes. — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
Even if we stop the growth, we'd still be adding a constant amount of fossil carbon to the atmosphere each year. — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
“Our civilization will, of course, be "playing God" in an ultimate sense of the phrase: evolving a greater intelligence than currently exists on earth.… — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
Trusting your energy policy to the fossil fuel lobby is like trusting your health care system to the tobacco lobby. — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
“It takes a heavy commitment to quality education for all to avoid that stratification of society, those needless degrees of separation. But even the… — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
With the arrival of electric technology, man has extended, or set outside himself, a live model of the central nervous system itself. To the… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
I did archery when I was in high school. In our gym class we had two weeks of archery, and I remember taking the… — John Barrowman Copy Share Image
I had a map on my wall that had a circle around Lubbock and then giant arrows pointing toward New York City and Los… — Barry Corbin Copy Share Image
An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent. — Charles Mackay Copy Share Image
Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows… — William Temple Copy Share Image
You took a poison arrow and you aimed it at my heart. It's heavy and it's bitter, and it's tearing me apart. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
How long the thick dark clouds can prevent the truth from shining? The truth is an arrow that can pass through any shield! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“Vasic said the words on Aden’s tongue. “The Arrows expect mercy from no one.” — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
