<p>William George Jordan was a writer, editor, and speaker.  He recognized the importance of measured approaches to things, to remaining calm in the face of inflammatory things.  He published a book, available online in PDF for free, called <em>The Majesty of Calmness</em>.  In that book, he describes calmness as the ultimate goal and compares it to a Heron's calmness in the face of an attacking Eagle.  Be the Heron, not the Eagle.  </p>

Episode 116 - Neil deGrasse Tyson on Attaching to Others

Quotations is about words, written and spoken throughout history.  Words speak to us through our eyes and our ears.  They enrich our lives, allow us to communicate thoughts to others, and sometimes, last for generations.  

This podcast explores not only the words, but the speaker, author, figure, or character who originated them.  To whom were they said or written?  What was their intended effect and on whom?  What was the originator thinking?  Find out each episode and we discover new quotations, some familiar, some not!