Over Quotes
25014 Over quotes by 11038 unique authors
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That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this…
— Lydia M. Child
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Nature is beautiful, and you are in her bosom. That voice of comfort which speaks in the breezes of morning, may visit your mind, that…
— Humphry Davy
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I thought as I rode in the cold pleasant light of Sunday morning how silent & passive nature offers, every morn, her wealth to man;…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Nature! We live in her midst and know her not. She is incessantly speaking to us, but betrays not her secret. We constantly act upon…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Even people who are aware that the traditional family farm has been taken over by big business interests, and that some questionable experiments go on…
— Peter Singer
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Children all over the world consort quite naturally with animals. They don't see any dividing line. That is something they have to be taught, just…
— J M Coetzee
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The idea that it is funny to see wild animals coerced into acting like clumsy humans, or thrilling to see powerful beasts reduced to cringing…
— Desmond Morris
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The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want to go on and on…
— William O. Douglas
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What we want... is for students to get more interested in things, more involved in them, more engaged in wanting to know; to have projects…
— Howard Gardner
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Have I a secret about playing the piano? It's a very simple one. I sit down on the piano stool and make myself comfortable -…
— Artur Schnabel
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In the abstract art of cooking, ingredients trump appliances, passion supersedes expertise, creativity triumphs over technique, spontaneity inspires invention, and wine makes even the worst…
— Bob Blumer
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It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
— Heraclitus
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Wine buffs write and talk as though the food and wine will be in your mouth at the same time, that one is there to…
— Clement Freud
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Over the wine-dark sea.
— Homer
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Iced champagne was served, and the feel of the cold wine in her mouth gave Emma a shiver that ran over her from head to…
— Gustave Flaubert
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He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he struggled for a…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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To me, he was the grand master of wine. He was a forceful Russian and a gentle person. The greats of wine all over the…
— Margrit Mondavi
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Giving his lecture for the third time freed Dr. Lionel Gift from paying much attention to it. He had a naturally expressive style of delivery,…
— Jane Smiley
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The drinking of wine seems to me to have a moral edge over many pleasures and hobbies in that it promotes love of one's neighbor.
— Clifton Fadiman
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This song of the waters is audible to every ear, but there is other music in these hills, by no means audible to all.... On…
— Aldo Leopold
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When I die, sprinkle my ashes over the 80's.
— David Lee Roth
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A missive to all you metal bands, the world is totally over the rock thing. Rock is deader than it's ever been.
— Billy Corgan
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When George Bush came into office, we had surpluses. And now we have half-a-trillion-dollar deficit annually. When George Bush came into office, our national debt…
— Barack Obama
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If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces... never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. That's…
— Bernadette Soubirous
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As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance,…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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