"I don't want to be a passenger in…" — Diane Ackerman

"I don't want to be a passenger in my own life."

— Diane Ackerman

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128 Quotes by Diane Ackerman

Diane Ackerman has 128 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood…
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of…
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at…
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
Success produces success, just as money produces money.
We live on the leash of our senses.
Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons…
Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere.
Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm…

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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of… — Hannah Arendt
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and… — Hannah Arendt
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can… — Alexis Arguello
I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them… — Aristotle
Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over… — Aristotle

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