Fariz Mammadov

“One of the hardest ideas for humans to accept,” he says, “is that we are not the culmination of anything.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

“Indeed, if you look around you on a bus or in a park or cafe or any crowded place, most of the people you see are very probably relatives. When someone boasts to you that he is descended from William the Conqueror or the Mayflower Pilgrims, you should answer at once: "Me, too!" In the most literal and fundamental sense we are all family.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

“Some people are born into families that encourage education; others are against it. Some are born into flourishing economies encouraging of entrepreneurship; others are born into war and destitution. I want you to be successful, and I want you to earn it. But realize that not all success is due to hard work, and not all poverty is due to laziness. Keep this in mind when judging people, including yourself.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“energy is liberated matter; matter is energy waiting to happen.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything