Monday, April 14, 2008

Experiment 2: Quotes

Jane Goodall:
"No self-respecting hunter would shoot a mother with a baby, but this bush-meat trade is no longer made up of self-respecting people."

Rauber, P 2006, 'People Say That Violence and War Are Inevitable. I Say Rubbish', Sierra Magazine, May-June 2006, accessed 14 April 2008, <http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200605/interview.asp>

Florence Nightingale:
"No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this -- 'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman." (1859)

Lewis J. J 2003, Florence Nightingale Quotes, About Women's History, accessed 14 April 2008, <http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes/a/qu_nightingale.htm>

Stephen Hawkins:
"…going through a black hole, is unlikely to prove a popular and reliable method of space travel. First of all, you would have to get there by travelling in imaginary time, and not care that your history in real time came to a sticky end. Second, you couldn't really choose your destination. It would be a bit like travelling on some airlines I could name, but won't, because I would be sued."

Hawkins, S 1993, Black Holes and Baby Universes and other Essays, Bantam, New York

1 comment:

B said...

Hi Cissy, I had a French dictionary at home so I looked up that term for you. You may have already found this out but arriere translates to backwards, arriere-garde translates to rear-guard. Avant-garde translates to vanguard. So I hope this is helpful, if not feel free to delete.
Ciao B.