Brian Skerry Quotes

The bohar snapper - they have these huge canines. I got bit by one. One took a chunk out of my ear - they are much scarier than the sharks.

Brian Skerry

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SharksOutGotEarThanMuch

With the fragmentation of television audiences and the advent of cable and on-demand services, the prestige of being an anchor is not what it was in the days of Walter Cronkite.

Jill Abramson

TelevisionAnchorDaysBeingCable

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

John Ruskin

GreatManHumilityBelieveGreat Man

It means so much to me that my family went against our tradition for me.

Sonita Alizadeh

FamilyMeTraditionAgainstMeans

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

Toni Morrison

LifeLanguageDieMeaningMeasure

During the course of any normal day, I usually pay more attention to assembling a grocery list than I do to reading movie reviews, although there are a more than a few film critics who bring huge insight to their work.

Mike Barnicle

WorkDayReadingAttentionInsight

I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.

Michael Ondaatje

MeStoryKnowThemeThingsPlot

Here's the thing: If you don't want your kids to read a book, fine. You can tell them not to read a book, and maybe they will and maybe they won't. But you can't say what other kids can read.

Judy Blume

BookYouSayWantWillTell

We need to keep in mind the well-established fact that the full effects of monetary policy are felt only after long lags. This means that policy makers cannot wait until they have achieved their objectives to begin adjusting policy.

Janet Yellen

MindWaitLongNeedPolicyBegin

The invention of ethical and political doctrines, which blossomed into our own social sciences, is a product of times when things appeared manageable. The same goes for the criticism of those doctrines, though as a voice from the past, this criticism proved prophetic.

Joseph Brodsky

PastVoiceCriticismPoliticalOwn

While at Parsons, I interned at Marc Jacobs, which was great. When I graduated, I went to work at J. Crew; that was also really great.

Chris Benz

WorkGreatCrewWhichReallyWhile

These candidates are all beholden to these super PACs.

Corey Lewandowski

CandidatesSuperBeholden

If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.

William Hague

PeopleMeFeetWeekDeadWrite

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