"Nature is also great fun. To pretend that……" — Diane Ackerman
"Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn't fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive."
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128 Quotes by Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman has 128 quotes on this site.
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Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood…
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I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of…
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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at…
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Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
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I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.
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Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
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Success produces success, just as money produces money.
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We live on the leash of our senses.
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Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons…
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Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere.
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Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
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