Best Naturalist Sayings
73 Naturalist quotes by 55 unique authors
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The modern naturalist must realize that in some of its branches his profession, while more than ever a science, has also become an art.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Nowadays the field naturalist-who is usually at all points superior to the mere closet naturalist-follows a profession as full of hazard and interest as that…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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My father was a naturalist and a very spiritual person, who had a great desire to pass on his knowledge to others, so that they…
— Carlos Gracie, Jr.
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American naturalist John Burroughs put it, “A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
— Jeff Olson
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Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your…
— John Muir
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What the British seem to like are television historians and naturalists, not public intellectuals. You can't help feeling that's because one supplies narrative and the…
— Will Self
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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
— E. O. Wilson
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I don't bill myself as an atheist but as a naturalist. Naturalism is a belief system. A lot of scientists bristle at that. We all…
— Greg Graffin
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A fossil is so powerful. It's moving. This is my ancestor. The naturalist is moved by the fossil... not the cross.
— Greg Graffin
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I'm trying to champion the naturalist's worldview and show it's not as heathen as most religious people would make it out to be.
— Greg Graffin
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I'm saying that there were many great naturalists before Darwin's time who were very pious people and who knew more about nature than most of…
— Greg Graffin
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There was nothing to do but wait. It is always like this for naturalists, and for poets--the long hours of travel and preparation, and then…
— Diane Ackerman
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In their choice of lovers both the male and the female reveal their essential nature. The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours…
— Jose Ortega y Gasset
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Spider venom comes in many forms. It can often take a long while to discover the full effects of the bite. Naturalists have pondered this…
— Neil Gaiman
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Was it a camp?" Daniel asked. Sean nodded. "A naturist camp." "Maya will feel right at home", Corey said from his spot on a wooden…
— Kelley Armstrong
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Is ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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To the lost man, to the pioneer penetrating a new country, to the naturalist who wishes to see the wild land at its wildest, the…
— Edwin Way Teale
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The ordinary naturalist is not sufficiently aware that when dogmatizing on what species are, he is grappling with the whole question of the organic world…
— Charles Lyell
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I started out wanting to be a naturalist. My obsession in my youth was with bird-watching. I collected things, I spent a lot of time…
— Matt Ridley
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
— Jane Goodall
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Every child is born a naturalist. His eyes are, by nature, open to the glories of the stars, the beauty of the flowers, and the…
— Ritu Ghatourey
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In conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries
— Charles Darwin
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I don't really bill myself as an atheist, even though there is a lot of atheism in naturalism. I would rather bill myself as a…
— Greg Graffin
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