These are quotes which stood out to me, possibly for use in a sermon someday. Their presence here does not mean I agree with them, it merely shows that I might want to reference them later. The default view is five random selections. Use the tag list on the right to view all quotes relevant to that theme.
Monday March 12 11:33 AM ET
Deadly Flies Kill Six Lions in Famed Park
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Swarms of vicious bloodsucking flies have killed at least six lions in Tanzania's world famous wildlife park, the Ngorongoro crater, conservation officials said Monday.
The lions died after they were repeatedly bitten by flies known as `stomoxys,'' said Nim Shallua, acting conservationist at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority in northern Tanzania.The flies bite the lions and then keep biting their wounds, inflicting a lot of pain and traumatizing them. The lions are dying of trauma,'' Shallua told Reuters.`babesiosis'' caused by ticks.
The flies usually appear after extreme changes in weather, Shallua said.
The Ngorongoro crater boasts an array of over 20,000 wild animals, including elephants, leopards, buffalo, zebras, warthogs and wildebeests.
The fly attacks are the latest in a series of mishaps that have struck the animal population.
Since last May, some 323 buffaloes, 193 wildebeest, 69 zebras, three hartebeest and three hippopotami have died of a mysterious disease suspected to be east coast fever.
In the same period, another five rhinos died of a disease suspected to be
id: 1058 | source: Reuters (2001) | tags: Organization, Teams
"I'll keep it short and sweet. family. religion. friendship. these are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. "
id: 1542 | source: Montgomery Burns from the Simpsons | tags: Friendship, Success
Although the 18th century writer Voltaire is widely recognized as an
opponent of religion, calling Christianity an "infamy" to be destroyed,
even he found the influence of faith to be useful. He wrote, "I want my
attorney, my tailor, my servants, even my wife to believe in God. . . then
I shall be robbed and cuckolded less often." Myers tells of how Voltaire
once silenced a discussion on atheism until he had excused his servants,
lest in forfeiting their faith they might lose their morality.
Those who believe they believe in God but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself.
There's a problem in asking people to focus on problems.... probably the biggest problem we have in the world is that we all die, but we don't have the technology to solve that, right? So the point is not to prioritize problems, the point is to prioritize solutions to problems.
id: 3111 | source: Bjorn Lomborg, http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=b_lomborg | tags: Priorities, Solutions