When I take my kids to the zoo in Los Angeles, they always look the longest at the creature that moves the… — Julian Sands Copy Share Image
“Women.. They can fight the biggest problems of her life but are scared of reptiles. They can bear the immense pain but… — Himmilicious Copy Share Image
Society's only real 'progressives' are the deviants and mutants. Look at evolution - fish who didn't deviate never became amphibians; frogs who… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
It is estimated that one-third of all reef-building corals, a third of all fresh-water mollusks, a third of sharks and rays, a… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
Do you know how the naturalist learns all the secrets of the forest, of plants, of birds, of beasts, of reptiles, of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Books, of which the principles are diseased or deformed, must be kept on the shelf of the scholar, as the man of… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
Old people who live too long come to resemble turtles. As though time turned in a curve, and down they go to… — Josephine Winslow Johnson Copy Share Image
The reptiles had taken over the city. Once again they were the dominant form of life. Looking up at the ancient impassive… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I can no more explain why I like "natural history" than why I like California canned peaches; nor why I do not… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I brought the birdcages to the windows. I opened the windows, and opened the birdcages. I poured the fish down the drain.… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
One of the best gifts you can give a poet is to present them with field guides - to rocks, to stars,… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
What distinguishes our species is thought. The cerebral cortex is in a way a liberation. We need no longer be trapped in… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I'm always keen to use my body in my work, so I'm looking forward to the motion capture for Smaug. Both Gollum… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
The minds of stone lovers had colonised stones as lichens clung to them with golden or grey-green florid stains. The human world… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
