--- title: "1 Blown Quotes By Wade Davis" description: "1 Blown quotes by Wade Davis. Plus more from Wade Davis and more Blown sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/wade-davis-18196_baroque_to-have-that-powder-blown-up-your-nose-i_1208998.png" --- > [To have that powder blown up your nose is rather like being shot out of a rifle barrel lined with Baroque paintings and landing on a sea of electricity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/to-have-that-powder-blown-up-your-nose-is-rather-like-being-shot-out/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/wade-davis-18196_baroque_to-have-that-powder-blown-up-your-nose-i_1208998.png) ## More by Wade Davis > [“Even now I am haunted by the touching look of the young, bright, anxious eyes as we passed along the rows of sufferers. There,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/even-now-i-am-haunted-by-the-touching-look-of-the-young-bright/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [Its haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/its-haunting-to-realize-that-half-of-the-languages-of-the-world-are/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [We accept it as normal that people who have never been on the land, who have no history or connection to the country, may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/we-accept-it-as-normal-that-people-who-have-never-been-on-the-land/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [Change is no threat to culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/change-is-no-threat-to-culture/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/the-measure-of-a-society-is-not-only-what-it-does-but-the-quality-of/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [Genocide, the physical extinction of a people, is universally condemned, but ethnocide, the destruction of people's way of life, is not only not condemned,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/genocide-the-physical-extinction-of-a-people-is-universally-condemned/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [“What is even more astonishing is that the entire science of wayfinding is based on dead reckoning. You only know where you are by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/what-is-even-more-astonishing-is-that-the-entire-science-of/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [“Marsh had travelled on foot to the source of the Nile and once stood down a charging rhinoceros by intrepidly opening a pink umbrella…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/marsh-had-travelled-on-foot-to-the-source-of-the-nile-and-once-stood/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [The world can only appear monochromatic to those who persist in interpreting what they experience through the lens of a single cultural paradigm, their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/the-world-can-only-appear-monochromatic-to-those-who-persist-in/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [“Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/risk-discomfort-and-solitude-for-understanding/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in the development…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/sensitivity-to-nature-is-not-an-innate-attribute-of-indigenous/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [So be patient. Do not compromise. And give your destiny time to find you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/so-be-patient-do-not-compromise-and-give-your-destiny-time-to-find-you/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/you-know-once-something-freezes-it-s-solid-that-s-the-key-to-the/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [“These other cultures are not failed attempts to be us; they are unique manifestations of the spirit—other options, other visions of life itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/these-other-cultures-are-not-failed-attempts-to-be-us-they-are-unique/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) > [The problem is that those of us sympathetic with the plight of indigenous people view them as quaint and colorful, but somehow reduced to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/the-problem-is-that-those-of-us-sympathetic-with-the-plight-of/) [Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blown/wade-davis/#itemlist", "name": "1 Blown Quotes By Wade Davis", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To have that powder blown up your nose is rather like being shot out of a rifle barrel lined with Baroque paintings and landing on a sea of electricity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wade Davis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/to-have-that-powder-blown-up-your-nose-is-rather-like-being-shot-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/wade-davis-18196_baroque_to-have-that-powder-blown-up-your-nose-i_1208998.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/wade-davis-18196_baroque_to-have-that-powder-blown-up-your-nose-i_1208998.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/wade-davis-18196_baroque_to-have-that-powder-blown-up-your-nose-i_1208998.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To have that powder blown up your nose is rather like being shot out of a rifle barrel lined with Baroque…” — Wade Davis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blown/wade-davis/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blown/wade-davis/", "name": "Blown Quotes by Wade Davis", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blown/wade-davis/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/wade-davis-18196_baroque_to-have-that-powder-blown-up-your-nose-i_1208998.png" }, "description": "1 Blown quotes by Wade Davis. 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