Mary Leakey Quotes

Theories come and go, but fundamental data always remains.

No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely.

I never felt interpretation was my job.

I go once a year to the Serengeti to see the wildebeest migrations because that means a lot to me, but I avoid Olduvai if I can because it is a ruin. It is most depressing.

I had never passed a single school exam, and clearly never would.

I'd rather be in a tent than in a house.

The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools.