"I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were……" — Gerald Durrell
"I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant."
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28 Quotes by Gerald Durrell
Gerald Durrell has 28 quotes on this site.
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Erosion, desertification, and pollution have become our lot. It is a weird form of suicide, for we are bleeding our…
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Until we consider animal life to be worthy of the consideration and reverence we bestow upon old books and pictures…
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Remember that the animals and plants have no M.P. they can write to; they can't perform sit-down strikes or, indeed,…
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You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or…
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The great ecosystems are like complex tapestries - a million complicated threads, interwoven, make up the whole picture. Nature can…
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Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives.
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As I watched the pulsing fire among the trees and heard the beat of the drum merge and tremble with…
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Among the myrtles the mantids moved, lightly, carefully, swaying slightly, the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with…
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Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like…
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Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.
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All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what…
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There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and…
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More Educated Quotes
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
— Aristotle
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Wit is educated insolence.
— Aristotle
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The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
— Aristotle
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The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be…
— Frank Abagnale
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
— Chinua Achebe
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Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.
— David Bailey
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An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and…
— Russell Baker
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It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
— James A. Baldwin
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I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant.
— John Banville
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I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college…
— Dave Barry
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The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and…
— Annie Besant
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The mental body, like the astral, varies much in different people; it is composed of coarser or of finer matter,…
— Annie Besant
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