Ability Quote by Anonymous

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they…

— Francis Bacon

“For the most part, "naturals" are myths. People who are especially good at something may have some innate inclination, or some particular talent, but…

— Meg Jay

“since many traits can affect an individual's adaptation to it's environment (it's "fitness") natural selection can over eons sculpt an animal or plant into…

— Jerry A. Coyne

The real path to natural farming requires that a person know what unaltered nature is, so that he or she can instinctively understand what…

— Masanobu Fukuoka

The most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive advantage.

— Charles Darwin

I think it can be shown that there is such an unerring power at work in Natural Selection, which selects exclusively for the good…

— Charles Darwin

People use the word "natural" ... What is natural to me is these botanical species which interact directly with the nervous system. What I…

— Timothy Leary

Nature, after all, is not so poor that she requires constant improvement

— Albert Renger-Patzsch

In the planting of the seeds of most trees, the best gardeners do no more than follow Nature, though they may not know it.

— Henry David Thoreau

As an environmental scientist, I think our first need is to feed and shelter and nurture. That has always required the exploitation of plant…

— Hope Jahren

The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.

— Luther Burbank

Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We don't know who we are or how to function,…

— Jeanette Winterson