For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa.

From the point where our ancestors started making tools, people have been unable to survive without the things they make; in this sense, it is making things that makes us human.

Objects let you tell a narrative that encompasses everybody. Texts don't.

For a million years the sound of making handaxes provided the percussion of everyday life. Anyone choosing a hundred objects to tell a history of the world would have to include a handaxe.

[The Persian Empire] left a dream of the Middle East as a unit, and a unit where people of different faiths could live together.

Objects are better than text at conveying narrative

In the world of the Middle East at the moment, the debates are shrill. But ... the wisest voice of all of them may well be the voice of this mute thing, the Cyrus cylinder.

In 1600, when Shakespeares audience at the Globe heard Hamlet for the first time, every one of them knew very well what it meant to be handed a cup of wine by a figure of authority and told to drink.

Never in mankind’s history have we so fundamentally changed our means of existence with so little thought.

Take each other for better or worse, but not for granted.

The hamadryas baboon is a harem holder where one male mates with multiple females.

... happy husbands and wives can hear each other say the same thing over and over again without being tired.

We need to stop separating ourselves by how dark or how light we are.

I am always asking myself how I can improve the lives of my customers, my colleagues, my shareholders, my family and my friends.

When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got.

That you may be beloved, be amiable.

When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

What people are perceiving will dictate what their life and ultimately what your interaction is.