Plants eat the energy of the sun directly. The process is called photosynthesis. This gives them nourishment, and sustains their growth and life. Animals are twice removed from the sun. To get their energy, sustenance, and life, they eat the plants that eat the sun.
Some animals are thrice removed from the sun.
He is quiet, unassuming, elegant and sharp minded. I remember him from the time I shared a platform with him at the Milken Institute in Los Angeles, USA, where we both participated in a panel discussion. He was already a celebrity then. In the course of the year, I got 14 new stamps on my passport, and met with hundreds of customers and business partners in places as far-flung as Malaysia and Munich. My apologies to cell phone addicts.