Shane

“Man is born to live, not to prepare for life. Life itself, the phenomenon of life, the gift of life, is so breath-takingly serious!”
― Boris Pasternak

“Many a statistic is false on its face. It gets by only because the magic of numbers brings about a suspension of common sense.”
― Darrell Huff

“To travel across Spain and finally to reach Barcelona is like drinking a respectable red wine and finishing up with a bottle of champagne.”
― James A. Michener, Iberia

“When seas of state 1 or higher are noted, when traffic or industrial noise is apparent, or when other low frequency sound sources such as shifting bottoms, tidal currents, or noisy animals are encountered, sound reception in all, but the "deafest", fishes is probably impaired - the degree of such impairment being directly dependent upon the noise-level attained.

-- Arthur A. Myrbery, Jr.”
― John L. Fletcher, Effects of Noise on Wildlife