Quotes about nature
nature looks down-and
When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you're working... Claude Monet
nature eye understood
My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
nature travel fate
My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.
nature proud linear
My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself. Cynthia Weil
nature men thinking
The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages. Cyrano de Bergerac
nature men literature
Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature. Cyril Connolly
nature ideas gains
The more I see of life the more I perceive that only through solitary communion with nature can one gain an idea of its richness and meaning.
nature world woods
At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned Cormac McCarthy
nature ocean health
In response to criticism of its treatment of killer whales, Sea World said it will build them a larger habitat. When asked for comment, killer whales said, 'Hey, you know what's a larger habitat?' THE OCEAN. Conan O'Brien
nature liars hands
Human nature is rarely so amusing as when trying to get a house off its hands. Women at this task can be untruthful enough, but their untruth lacks the infusion of candor which a skillful male liar can introduce. E. V. Lucas
nature slow speed
We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we speed walk. And of course, we used to date, and now we speed date. And even things that are by their very nature slow - we try and speed them up, too. Carl Honore
nature
To me, the world's rather beautiful if you look at it. Especially nature. David Hockney
nature earth-day understanding
An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. David Attenborough
nature responsibility passion
Bringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of responsibility to safeguard it.
nature air water
The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.
nature children spring
We tiptoed the tops of beaver dams, hopped hummocks, went wading, looked at spring flowers, tried to catcha snake, got lost and found. How fine it was to move at a meandery, child's pace. David Sobel
nature sneakers clothes
Wet sneakers and muddy clothes are prerequisites for understanding the water cycle.
nature childhood world
Exploration of the natural world begins in early childhood, flourishes in middle childhood, and continues in adolescence as a pleasure and a source of strength for social action.
nature heart childhood
The heart of childhood, from seven to eleven, is the critical period for bonding with the earth.
nature children earth
If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it.
nature keys hieroglyphics
Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature. David Hare
nature pedants culture
When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant. Confucius
nature responsibility jewish-tradition
The concept known as bal tashchit--'Do no destroy'--has a special significance in Jewish tradition...We are constantly being warned in our faith that the capricious, thoughtless, wasteful destruction of the elements and creatures of the earth is wrong...We should remind ourselves daily of our responsibility to all aspects of creation. David Geffen
nature self true-beauty
The true beauty of nature is her amplitude; she exists neither for nor because of us, and possesses a staying power that all our nuclear arsenals cannot threaten (much as we can easily destroy our puny selves). Stephen Jay Gould
nature persistent
Nature is what she is - amoral and persistent.
nature compassion interesting
Perhaps I am just a hopeless rationalist, but isn't fascination as comforting as solace? Isn't nature immeasurably more interesting for its complexities and its lack of conformity to our hopes? Isn't curiosity as wondrously and fundamentally human as compassion?
nature fighting winning
We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well - for we will not fight to save what we do not love.
nature run
That's not in my nature to run away - I'll stand up and fight. Gerry Harvey
nature translated
The nature of anguish is translated into different forms. Franz Kline
nature
Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.
nature
Film actors are, by nature, more complicated than stage actors.
nature physical physicist solve takes
It takes so long to train a physicist to the place where he understands the nature of physical problems that he is already too old to solve them. Eugene Wigner
nature
I'm constantly investigating nature - nature, meaning everything. Ellsworth Kelly