One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.

Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.

As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indian villages in the Midwest and in the Southwest.

One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants.

My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago.

But what really excited me was the idea that humans had a tremendous pre-history that went back millions of years. I wanted to go to Africa to find some of these creatures.

Most Achievers I Know Are People Who Have Made A Strong And Deep Dedication to Pursuing A Particular Goal. That Dedication Took A Tremendous Amount Of Effort.

In our case, finding a Lucy is unique. No one will ever find another Lucy. You can't order one from a biological supply house. It's a unique discovery, a unique specimen.

I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries will be made that will prompt me to alter various ideas I have about human evolution.

And what I wanted to do was, I wanted to explore problems and areas where we didn't have answers. In fact, where we didn't even know the right questions to ask.

Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or an arm bone or a leg bone. Here was 40 percent of a single skeleton.

The old resists the new one.'Change hurts' is the reason.

At every given moment we are absolutely perfect for what is required for our journey.

Believe me I do understand and I am disgusted by the idea that we should aim for any less for a child from a poor background than a rich one.

The individualization of learning fundamentally redefines the role of assessment.

Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the orther team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned.

If there’s one thing that makes a man sick, it’s to have his ale poured out of an ugly hand.

Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway.

I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.

In God's name let us go on bravely.

Oh my god. I just hung around with an unpretty person. Excuse me while I go home to scrub myself with expensive body wash and a pink loofah, to rid myself of the unpretty germs.