Nature Quotes · Page 196

I gotta tell you, my nature is not to be the center of attention.

— Gloria Estefan

The meek may inherit the earth, but the other kind inherits the mortgage

— Noah Goldstein

A fellow by the hand of nature mark'd, Quoted, and sign'd, to do a deed of shame.

— William Shakespeare

Does it take the harsh light of disaster to show a person’s true nature?

— Jean-Dominique Bauby

A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.

— Ted Kulongoski

Large swaths of what we now regard as basic medical knowledge came originally from naturalists.

— Richard Conniff

The man whom nature's self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate.

— Edmund Spenser

Who would believe that so small a space could contain the images of all the universe?

— Leonardo da Vinci

There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it…

— Paul Scott Mowrer

My nature is... well... I'm a searcher by nature. I'm constantly searching for something; that's why I have a song called 'Looking…

— Vonda Shepard

What we lose in our great human exodus from the land is a rooted sense, as deep and intangible as religious faith,…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Thus the sun which possesses light perfectly, can shine by itself; whereas the moon which has the nature of light imperfectly, sheds…

— Thomas Aquinas

A woman, by nature, is more emotional than a man and is not equipped to approach certain responsibilities with the authority that…

— Lorne Greene

I probably I went into my room alone [when I was six] and I was just like, how have I even, how…

— Lena Dunham

Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by…

— Joseph Butler

Western artists stand as humans looking at nature; Asian artists try to be in nature. You become one with nature rather than…

— Brice Marden

Aristotle especially, both by speculation and observation... reached something like the modern idea of a succession of higher organizations from lower, and…

— Andrew Dickson White

“The history of the thing might amuse you," he said. "When first I became one of the New Anarchists I tried all…

— G. K. Chesterton

Original sin is in us like our beard. We are shaved today and look clean; tomorrow our beard has grown again, nor…

— Martin Luther

“I still experience this chill today when a song or chant touches some place inside my body that my mind cannot name...…

— Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

Trade is now clearly designed to favor the wealthiest and most powerful corporations at the expense of the rest of us. The…

— Jim Wallis

“When the glory of God is the treasure of our lives, we will not lay up treasures on earth, but spend them…

— John Piper

“Cas Wouters, inspired by conversations with Elias late in his life, suggests that we are living through a new phase in the…

— Steven Pinker

“By nature and by training this woman was all for conservation of life. She had been brought up in rather a strict…

— Nancy Byrd Turner

But science is the collection of nature's answers; the humanities the collection of men's thoughts.

— Gavin de Beer

True poetry is not of earth, 'T is more of Heaven by its birth.

— William Faulkner

There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.

— Lady Gregory

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

— Arthur Keith

Until women assume their rightful place on earth there will never be an end to wars, cruelty and oppression.

— Frederick Lenz

By nature of the job, most actors are striking, remarkable, and alpha.

— Peter Morgan

Strive for perfection. Nobody's going to be perfect on this earth. But strive for perfection.

— Judith Jamison

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth!

— Stewart Udall

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

— Joseph Addison

How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security.

— Jim Fowler

History is direction—but Nature is extension—ergo, everyone gets eaten by a bear.

— Oswald Spengler

For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.

— Xenophanes

To care for the natural world is the most effective insurance policy we can have

— Phil Harding

“Predation is so fundamental to nature that it seems absurd to demonize it for any animal, including humans.”

— Jackson Landers

If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn.

— Bernie Siegel

“am born a poet, of a low class without doubt yet a poet. This is my nature and vocation”),”

— Edward Hirsch