John Ray
John Ray
John Raywas an English naturalist widely regarded as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists. Until 1670, he wrote his name as John Wray. From then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family before him"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEnvironmentalist
Date of Birth29 November 1627
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If we can get that partnership between a scientist at (the University of Miami) and somebody out of Boston, then we've started a linkage. We've made a lot of sales calls here, but this is really a research-collaboration trip.
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The dad was running and trying to get the baby, so he had burns on his hands.
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Just to hear that baby hollering and crying, that was the thing.
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It was all flames. There was a fire coming out of the window here, all at the top here ... And right when you go through the front door, where the bookshelf was, there was a bunch of fire there, too.
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Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
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Global warming has taken the place of Communism as an absurdity that 'liberals' will defend to the death regardless of the evidence showing its folly.
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The use of butterflies is to adorn the world and delight the eyes of men, to brighten the countryside, serving like so many golden spangles to decorate the fields.
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Manners make often fortunes.
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Better the last smile than the first laughter.
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A pound of worry won't pay an ounce of debt.
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A maid that laughs is half taken.
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To those we love best we say the least
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He that cannot abide a bad market, deserves not a good one
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Diseases are the tax on pleasures.