"As crude a weapon as a cave man's……" — Rachel Carson
"As crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life."
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107 Quotes by Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson has 107 quotes on this site.
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We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven't become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a…
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If there is poetry in my book about the sea, it is not because I deliberately put it there, but…
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In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival,…
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Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the…
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A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for…
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Short version: For the child. . ., it is not half so important to know as to feel. If facts…
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It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities…
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A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
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Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary…
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Nature reserves some of her choice rewards for days when her mood may appear to be somber.
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For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous…
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There is no drop of water in the ocean, not even in the deepest parts of the abyss, that does…
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More Barrage Quotes
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one of 29 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but…
— Unknown Author
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The most spectacular UFO incident in Indonesia occurred when during the height of President Sukarno's confrontation against Malaysia, UFOs penetrated…
— Cael Sanderson
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A relentless barrage of 'why’s' is the best way to prepare your mind to pierce the clouded veil of thinking…
— Shigeo Shingo
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The greatest threat to peace is the barrage of rightist propaganda portraying war as decent, honorable, and patriotic.
— Jeannette Rankin
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Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to…
— Guy Verhofstadt
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If nonsatiety were the natural state of human nature then aggressive want-stimulating advertising would not be necessary, nor would the…
— Herman E. Daly
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It was over in a blink of an eye, that moment when aviation stirred the modern imagination. Aviation was transformed…
— George Will
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No creaking gates, no gothic towers, no shuttered windows. Yet for the past ten months this house has been the…
— Michael Parkinson
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Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and…
— Tia Walker
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We're into this barrage of pop culture - you know, TV, movies, the Internet. We become creatures that we've made…
— Gillian Flynn
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We may be reaching the end of the era in which individual movies meant something to people. In the new…
— Pauline Kael
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I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but…
— Vera Wang
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