Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Know or listen to those who know.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
You never know what motivates you.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
When the first fossils began to be found in eastern Africa, in the late 1950s, I thought, what a wonderful marriage this was, biology and anthropology. I was around 16 years old when I made this particular choice of academic pursuit.