Richard Allen Quotations

We can determine the magnitude within a couple of seconds of initiation of rupture and predict the ground motion from seconds to tens of seconds before it is felt.

Most seismologists are surprised, and frequently skeptical, that you can predict the magnitude of an earthquake before it has ended,

We're not taking about a massive amount of time,

But one can use our approach to come up with a magnitude before people have felt the ground shaking.

Boxing is the bottom rung as far as pay is concerned, ... For every Tyson or de la Hoya, there are thousands of guys that make only about 100 bucks a round.

And why did Tina do this. It bothers me very much because we're dealing with children's lives and not with a price of the children, money on their heads.

The birth mother, my wife and I were friends and we continue to be concerned about her well-being,

I haven't taken a nickel out of this place.

These posters aren't just works of art, they're also part of our social history, our pop culture. I think it tells you a lot about the times we grew up in, through the subject matter, how different things were promoted in the film.

The celebrated Aboriginal painter Albert Namatjira loved the Ghost Gums of the Northern Territory... They are evocatively Australian, their white trunks contrasting with the red earth and the deep blue sky of the Dreamtime region that has for centuries sustained Namatjira's Aranda people.

Trees are, after all, our largest and oldest living things. They are Australia's natural, national treasures - the true Elders of our vast continent.

According to ancient mythology, trees link the Earth to the sky. In this respect trees link humans to another world.

I didn't accept it. I received it.

Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate in the blessings of her luxuriant soil.

Many of the white people [who] have been instruments in the hands of God for our good, even such as have held us in captivity, are now pleading our cause with earnestness and zeal.

Just learn from your mistakes..and for give yourself..and better yourself:)

The Lord was pleased to strengthen us, and remove all fear from us, and disposed our hearts to be as useful as possible.