To see things in the seed is genius.

And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mother's push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education.

Sam Donaldson

The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced.

David Suzuki

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore.

Orson Scott Card

If we've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot federalize virtue.

George Bush

We cannot be sure that we ought not to regard the most criminal country as that which in some aspects possesses the highest civilization.

Havelock Ellis

I repeat, whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all.

Victor Hugo

The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans - five times the population of Britain - are in the middle class.

David Miliband

The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.

Simon Sinek

My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.

Christina Milian

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

Dhammapada

The more we nurture the planet, the better and more natural a life we'll have.

Chris d'Lacey

To love beauty is to see light.

Victor Hugo