Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.

The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose.

Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America.

I felt that in time simple stone tools would be found in early Pleistocene in England.

The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves.

I put a bullet into the back of the crocodile's neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.

South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century.

When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago.

Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult.

Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.

I have examined the stomach contents of seven aardvarks.

I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!

Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.

The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done.

The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.

Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.

We set up the promised clinic for the sick and wounded Masai.

The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years.

I kept an open mind on the question of whether a hominid had been present in Europe in the early Pleistocene.

At Olduvai, for 20 years, Mary and I had investigated and made a general survey of the overall geology.

Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.

To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.

There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.

Although we followed that hyena for the best part of half an hour, we never caught up with it.

Stone tools are fossilized human behavior.

Eloquent testimony to the recovery powers of wild animals frequently becomes apparent from the study of skeletons housed in museums.

A child knows when they are on the receiving end of a didactic exercise, or when they are sitting in the shadow of something else.

Films can be entertaining without shying away from exploring something. They can be magical and have fantasy, but also can have enough reality that you can be really emotionally invested.

Because these kids get away from their parents, and they binge drink until they are sick. Dozens of them are going to the hospital, and some of them dying. This is a problem, a big problem that needs to be addressed, and we need accurate information.

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk. . . it's all a miracle. I have adopted the technique of living life from miracle to miracle.

We take pride in what we do.

No one messes around with a nerds computer and escapes unscathed.

I am a person that when I go in the street, everybody knows me and goes: 'Oh, you are entering politics.' I want to do something positive for the future. It doesn't mean to become a leader of a party.

There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?

If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato.

Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution.

What we know about the destination resort business is clearly established. But it's all about one thing, and one thing only. All of the razzmatazz and jazz we hear about facilities and everything else doesn't amount to a hill of beans. It's customer experience that determines the longevity and endurance of these enterprises.

Pheasants are fools if they invite the hawk to dinner.

Intention is an echo of a previous intent.

There are better starters than me but I’m a strong finisher.

To be sure, faster growth in nominal labor compensation does not necessarily portend higher inflation.

I just like to walk around New York, just put my iPod on and walk around.

Oh man, there's no shortage of craziness happening on the American landscape right now. I'll turn on the TV every day or check out the newspaper, and there is something to find humor in or something to find absolute fear in. Either way, it makes for good comedy.

Music is more than just listening to it. People use the music for them protection at times.

To me, no one has fully cracked the code on social recruiting yet.

Without gay men, I am nothing.