"Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions and they……" — Rachel Carson
"Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction."
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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 Destruction Quotes
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The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of…
— Jose Maria Aznar
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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters…
— J. J. Abrams
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn…
— Saint Augustine
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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
— Bernard Baruch
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The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders.
— Annie Besant
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In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I…
— Steven Adler
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Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction.
— Theodor Adorno
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Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon…
— Mark Bittman
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The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat…
— Tony Blair
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
— Aesop
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Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
— Aesop
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Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.
— Andrea Bocelli
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