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nature learning evil
Nature is not cruel, only pitilessly indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be neither good nor evil, neither cruel nor kind, but simply callous-indifferent to all suffering, lacking all purpose. Richard Dawkins
nature men wisest-man
Nature hath nothing made so base, but can read some instruction to the wisest man. Tryon Edwards
nature land people
Increasingly the evidence suggests that people benefit so much from contact with nature that land conservation can now be viewed as a public health strategy. Richard Louv
nature butterfly apples
I meant to do my work today But a brown bird sang in the apple tree And a butterfly flitted across the field And all the leaves were calling me. Richard Le Gallienne
nature thinking earth-day
I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend? Robert Redford
nature butterfly men
Frogs eat Butterflies, Snakes eat Frogs, Hogs eat Snakes, Men eat Hogs. Wallace Stevens
nature spring silly
Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!
nature tree way
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. Willa Cather
nature cutting tree
Everyone goes to the forest; some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees. Vladimir Horowitz
science opportunity thinking
I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong. If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. We will not become enthusiastic for the fact, the knowledge, the absolute truth of the day, but remain always uncertain … In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar. Richard P. Feynman
science measurement momentum
Unless a thing can be defined by measurement, it has no place in a theory. And since an accurate value of the momentum of a localized particle cannot be defined by measurement it therefore has no place in the theory.
science play theoretical-physics
It is odd, but on the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics.
science thinking doubt
Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, what is not known, to what extent things are known (for nothing is known absolutely), how to handle doubt and uncertainty, what the rules of evidence are, how to think about things so that judgments can be made, how to distinguish truth from fraud, and from show.
science tourists philosopher
Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists.
science errors certain
If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.
science curiosity fields
To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it. Richard Whately
science people ego
They tend to be suspicious, bristly, paranoid-type people with huge egos they push around like some elephantiasis victim with his distended testicles in a wheelbarrow terrified no doubt that some skulking ingrate of a clone student will sneak into his very brain and steal his genius work. William S. Burroughs
science people comforting
Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things. Woody Allen
interesting people roles
One of the interesting things is, the most gifted people, the biggest people, have no problem taking small roles.
interesting failing something-new
You have to continuously fail. You fail at something, then you get over it, then you fail some more. And after you fail, there's always something new there. And that something new can be really interesting. William Shatner
interesting choices variation
After every movie, I always kick myself for the same things-didn't do enough, not enough variation, not enough interesting choices, too bland. Robin Wright
interesting provoking
To be interesting, one has to provoke. Salvador Dali
interesting stories crafts
Everyone is interesting except the narrator in a first-person story. William Kennedy
interesting culture language
If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting. Sandra Cisneros
interesting cooking eating
The process of making music is more interesting to me than the end result. If I was a cook, I'd be more interested in cooking food than eating food. Ryan Adams
interesting wish saws
Hanson? Yeah, I've heard of them, I saw them perform and they have an interesting sound. I wish them every success. Jonathan Taylor Thomas
interesting want paige
Isn't it possible that I'm not feigning interest? That I really do want to know more about you?" "You've never been interested in me before." "You've never been interesting before." -Cassandra and Paige Kelley Armstrong