Quotes about "Indigenous Wisdom"

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge. ”

I have a nice car, a Mercedes. And then I have an old El Camino truck that I'm crazy about. I like to get in that truck and go up in the hills near where I live, in Vegas, and take my camera. That, to me, is Heaven, being out in nature, taking pictures of the wildlife. ”

Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton. ”

What don't I want to learn? I have how-to books, history, nature. Ain't nobody here saying, 'You'd better learn this.' But I still think I've got a head on my shoulders, and it pleases me. ”

Customers are now driven by trying to optimize value. ”

Even if a media of a TV is not available in a home, there's this concept of community homes, where a reasonably well-off villager will have a TV - and a nice TV - and he'll keep it outside the house in the evenings. ”

What is excellence? It is about going a little beyond what we expect from ourselves. Part of the need for excellence is imposed on us externally by our customers. Our competition keeps us on our toes, especially when it is global in nature. ”

Colleges produce more sports therapists than engineers. Perhaps because America is a sporty country: a lot of outdoors. ”

Every culture has something to be ashamed of, but every culture also has the right to change, to challenge negative traditions, and create to new ones. ”

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent. ”