“The most hazardous part of our expedition to Africa was crossing Piccadilly Circus.”
Joseph Thomson
“The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.”
Charles M. de Talleyrand
“An Expedition to the North Pole.”
A. A. Hodge
“While it may be politically expedite to point the finger at the DEP or some 'villain,' such tactics do not help us recover from this tragedy or prepare for the future.”
Kevin Cahill
“I've asked that we take a look at it and see if we can expedite the schedule. I had been thinking we probably couldn't get something to the president before the Fourth of July recess period, but we now are looking to see if maybe it can be done before Memorial Day,”
Trent Lott
“The expedition engages students by having them learn directly from the scientists. We're trying to change the way science is taught by stepping out of the textbooks and making students a part of the research. We aim to create moments when the light bulb goes off in a student's head, and he or she is moved to jump in the game of science. It's important not only for future generations, but for our entire country as we move into a more scientific and technological literate society.”
Caleb M. Schutz
“It would hardly have been adopted everywhere if the French had simply 'made it up.' In that sense the expedition proved to be essential to the 'selling' of the metric system, as well as for all the scientific discoveries it unexpectedly produced.”
Ken Alder
