The math is dead simple: it seems that the frequency of planets able to support life is roughly one percent. In other words, a billion or more such worlds exist in our galaxy alone. That's a lot of acreage, and it takes industrial-strength credulity to believe it's all bleakly barren. Seth Shostak acreagebarrenbillion share on social
A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel. Chaim Potok anticipatebiblebook share on social
The World Health Organization did a world health report in 2006. In the whole world about 60 countries are in dire situation in terms of having enough doctors. And many of these countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa. You know, that part of the world alone needs one million doctors. Margaret Chan africacountrydire share on social
I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording. James Mercer fleshpeoplerecord Change image and share on social
A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility. Dag Hammarskjold assumedutyentitle Change image and share on social
I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent. Susan Rice actionloudsilent Change image and share on social
I had a dog named Oliver with severe separation anxiety. He couldn't be alone... so I had to bring him wherever I went. Matthew Pearl anxietybringdog Change image and share on social
One thing, however, is sure, - that in all cases the effort should be to impose all the cost of repairing the wrong upon the doer of the wrong. This alone is real justice, and of course such justice is necessarily free. Benjamin Tucker casecostdoer share on social
One of the most unsettling things about 'Monologue' is its long silences, in which the man sits alone, staring into the middle distance, without grip of his narrative, lost to the past. Samantha Harvey distancegriplong Change image and share on social
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. Jessamyn West completeenemyfamily share on social
