All Diane Ackerman Quotes
- Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in… Beside
- I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have… Carpe Diem
- A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. Beyond
- Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. Admit
- I don't want to be a passenger in my own life. Life
- Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight. Essential
- It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. Beautiful
- Success produces success, just as money produces money. Inspirational
- We live on the leash of our senses. Body
- Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver. Artificial
- Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere. Evolve
- Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable. Brings
- I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it. Admire
- I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual… Blinders
- Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully in positive ways. Adapt
- Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. Chastening
- Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful. Best
- My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair. Always Said
- Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections. Bold
- The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters. Crave