“You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the ar...” — Wade Davis Quote

You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it.

It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.

What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks.

Change is no threat to culture.

Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.

After 9/11, many of the most important news outlets in America abdicated their role as a check to power - the journalistic responsibility to challenge the excesses of government - for fear of being seen as unpatriotic and punished in the market during a period of heightened nationalism.

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

We shouldn't target transgender youth and further spread fear into a community that has seen so much hate directed towards it.

Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? I am sure that an unhappy or suspicious stomach, constricted and uneasy with worry, cannot digest properly.