All Quotes

"In teaching our child the English language, we talked to her as an adult except that our words were simple and concrete. In general our practice has been not to correct her mistakes, trusting to the force of good example. As much as possible we have tried to have her words stand for real things; for instance, we took her to see pigs and bears and skunks, so that she would not get her conceptions merely from stories, pictures and s. Finally we make an effort to avoid the dead level of too simple language by at times dealing with familiar situations in new words."

"The concept of territory proves to be as old as the science of ornithology, since Aristotle was the first writer to mention it. This was pointed out by Lack (Condor, 46, 1944:108) who, however, did not follow the subsequent history of these observations. ... It was Aristotle, then, who declared that eagles partition out the land according to their needs for food, and this statement was incorporated into the books of Pliny, (in regard to ), Albertus Magnus (transferred to vultures), , , and Buffon."

"Each spring the drowsy trill of the called us and armed with pails and strainers and home-made nets, off we started to the nearby railroad . Here we found treasures: strings of toad eggs, s big and little, sedate s (which we believed were lizards), and alluring s, drab , and most tempting of all, . Caddis flies had fascinated me ever since I had read about them Charles Kingsley's (1863), and it was wonderful to find that these almost mythical creatures of English brooks were our neighbors here in our own waters."

"The most cherished of my life came in 1895 — 's Bird-Craft (1895). For the first time, I had coloured bird pictures. Many of these were adapted from Audubon's (1827); single birds, or occasionally a pair, sometimes in surprising attitudes, were depicted. In later years, when looking at the reproductions of Audubon's original plates, every now and then a picture has given me a little tug at the heart, recalling my childhood years of eager search. The simple descriptions, the charming discussions, the enthusiastic introductory chapters of Bird-Craft — all these I pored over and all but learned by heart."

"Ornithological Margaret Morse Nice (1883–1974) changed the course of American through her two pioneering field studies in 1937 and 1943 on the . Although students of understand her importance, few general readers recognize her name, much less significance. There are many reasons this omission should be remedied: her outstanding professional accomplishments, her ability to balance family and career, her management of gender issues, and her work in conservation, preservation, and the ."

"Energy Trading and Risk Management is a great resource to help grapple with the very interesting but oftentimes complex issues that arise in energy trading and risk management."

"In the challenging world of energy trading, fortune favours the prepared. Whether one is brave enough (or not) comes second and not having a clear strategy would be borderline foolishness."

"It's a bit surreal what we are experiencing today: loss of billions of dollars in Harvard's endowment, a global recession, high unemployment, millions of home foreclosures, IRS auditing Harvard, etc. – all due to the use of financial WMDs [Weapons of Mass Destruction]!""

"When you get on to the track, it's all about business."

"Q: You've talked about how with some children the light goes out of their eyes. Is there a situation during your practice, whether in the hospital or on the streets, where you just weren't able to help? A: Oh yes, I have seen so much, my dear. There are children who are so deeply broken that it becomes too late to reach them. It’s incredibly difficult to work with those in such dire situations so much trauma, so many emotional scars, a lack of affection, and cases of rape and incest. What I have witnessed in my life is overwhelming. More recently, while visiting a refugee camp in Lebanon, I met a 13-year-old boy. He told me, When I arrived here, I was very young. I’ve been living in this camp for seven years. I feel like I’m imprisoned in this camp and in my own body. Then he said, This is not life. When I asked him what could make him want to live again, he replied, It’s too late. Around the world, suffering, despair, and suicide are on the rise. We must be very careful about what we do it’s always a fragile balance between hope and despair. That is why I keep urging that we act swiftly. We must act quickly."

"Q: In 2008, you were named UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. That must have been quite a challenge, you know, for the world. What did you try to achieve with that role and what needs to be done in the world on behalf of those children? A: We have to never forget. Children are becoming a big market. You have not only child sexual abuse material, but you have grooming, sexting, sextortion, live streaming. You have promotion of suicide. You have promotion of self harm. You have enrollment. You have fake news. You have, you know, theft of identity and privacy of children that are used. You have gambling. You have gaming. The list is huge. And exposure to violence, exposure to harmful content, exposure to violence, sexual, you know. It's why I'm pushing currently, even when we are seeing with countries, we have this pushback regarding sexual education and reproductive health, to tell them, My God, it's needed more than ever. It’s not encouraging them to have sex. So, we need to make sure that they are aware."

"The number of 300 million, you know, of children victims of sexual exploitation online is not reflecting the truth because the problem is also reporting, and we have not all the data. Why we arrive at this stage? Because you have more and more children connected, and more and more children younger, more and more younger children are connected. The other point that it's important that you have also more and more predators and sexual offenders who are connected."

"The issue is truly significant, which is why we are strongly advocating within the Global Digital Compact. I also recently returned from the Global Cybersecurity Forum to ensure that child protection online is properly integrated."

"It is not an easy issue to resolve, as there are three key aspects to consider: the child who is the victim, the child who is the bully, and the bystander."

"Child labor is considered as a violence against children because normally children have to be in school, or in another way, but not working. The problem is currently is this number is high because of what is going worldwide. Because of all this crisis, you know, forced displacement, food insecurity, poverty, social disparities, you know, conflict, climate crisis. The number of children who are enrolled in child labor and in many cases in the worst forms of child labor, really is increasing. And many children are victims of violence at the place of their work. But many children who are victim of child labor are also victim of trafficking. Are victims of smuggling, are victims of sexual exploitation."

"That is why I emphasize that violence results from multiple factors. Unless we address all the key causes, we will neither end it nor prevent it."

"You hear some strong policymakers telling us our children are our future. They are not your future. You are the past; they are the present and they are their own future."

"What I learned in my life, it's the eyes. When you are speaking with children, when you have light in their eyes, it's still possible. When the light switches off, it’s too late."

"In a bowlder of which the glacier carried two or three miles, possibly, and deposited not far from the site of , the writer recently found an excellently preserved skeleton of a small dinosaur the length of whose body is about 18. The bowlder was split along the plane in which the fossil lies and part of the bones are in one half and part in the other. These bones are hollow and the whole framework is very light and delicate."

"Women are in many respects superior to men, since generally speaking, they have more patience and often more taste and discrimination in arranging collections and more deftness in manipulating materials. How true this is!"

"Talbot worked on the paleontology of both vertebrates and . Her contributions to invertebrate paleontology included a revision of the s of New York State and the investigation of Stafford limestone, also in New York State. Her discovery of the approximately eighteen-centimeter dinosaur , in the Triassic sandstone near , established her reputation in vertebrate paleontology. She postulated that this small dinosaur was a bipedal carnivore."

"My job is to focus on venom composition, drug development to treat envenomations and clinical trials to test those drugs. My country Morocco has many snakes, causing a public health problem, and our laboratory is thus of paramount importance."

"Morocco has the greatest diversity of snake fauna with a high rate of endemism. It’s a serious problem for the citizens but also for the health professionals due to the unavailability of effective treatment. The snake envenomation entails over 400 cases with thirty deaths annually and this data is likely an underestimation."

"Snakebites and other envenomations cause many deaths in Africa and other parts of the world. I believe it’s very important to find solutions that can help reduce these deaths. The main treatment is something called antivenom. To make it, scientists inject small amounts of venom into animals, usually horses. The animals then produce antibodies that can fight the venom. Later, some of their blood is taken, and those antibodies are turned into medicine that works well for people. Of course, collecting venom from live snakes or other animals is very dangerous. It takes people who are brave, passionate, and truly love these amazing creatures."

"This is a multidisciplinary challenge, which requires a network that brings together experts from various fields including herpetology, arthropology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, medicine, community health, toxinology, toxicology, antivenom production, and legislation. Our research follows a translational approach aimed at studying the composition of the most medically important venoms. We use modern biochemical, immunological, toxicological, pharmacological, taxonomical, clinical, and epidemiological methods. This detailed understanding of venom toxins will deepen our knowledge of the mechanisms of envenomation and support the development of more effective and innovative antivenoms."

"Oh boy! I'm going to have a piazza, I'm going to have a piazza!"

"[last line of the short film] HELP!!! HELP!!! Hey, doesn't anybody around here kapesh? HELP!!!"

"Mel Blanc as Charlie Dog, Pizzeria Owner, and the Italian People."

"Michael Maltese as the Customer. (uncredited)"

"Marian Richman as Italian Lady #1 and Italian Lady #2. (uncredited)"

"Andy Richter as Mort"

"Carl Reiner as Santa Claus"

"Danny Jacobs as King Julien XIII"

"Tom McGrath as Skipper"

"Chris Miller as Kowalski"

"Chris Knights as Private"

"Nina Dobrev as Cupid"

"Willow Smith as Abby"

"Jim Cummings as Donner"

"Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice"

"Ben Stiller as Alex"

"Chris Rock as Marty"

"David Schwimmer as Melman"

"Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria"

"Myriam Cyr - Anne Sampas"

"Peter Boyle - Dr. Herman Cromwell"

"Justin Lazard - Patrick Ross"

"Sarah Wynter - Melissa"

"George Dzundza - Colonel Carter Burgess Jr."

"An image that comes to my mind is looking through the portal at the blue-white globe...beautiful...so fragile, so small... And I thought to myself how easy it would be to destroy all that God has created. I think as we look to the future, our greatest mission might be right here at home."