"I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity……" — Robert Bateman
"I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we have to question many of the assumptions underlying our current philosophy. Assumptions like bigger is better; you can't stop progress; no speed is too fast; globalization is good. Then we have to replace them with some different assumptions: small is beautiful; roots and traditions are worth preserving; variety is the spice of life; the only work worth doing is meaningful work; biodiversity is the necessary pre-condition for human survival."
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22 Quotes by Robert Bateman
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I take two walks up hills each day, and bike ride each morning. I also have an exercise bike to…
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When you get to be my age, you begin to count how many Mays you have left - the best…
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I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.
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Children don't play outside enough. For hundreds of thousands of years young people spent time outside - until 15 years…
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In art and science we are now in a delta, at the end of the long flow of progress. In…
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My art collection is dominated by tribal art from Nigeria where I taught school, from New Guinea where we've travelled,…
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I can't conceive of anything being more varied and rich and handsome than the planet Earth. And its crowning beauty…
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Art is challenging and frustrating but I don't linger in it. I work on five paintings at a time so…
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Aesthetic pleasure is not to be taken lightly; it's very important for the spirit and therefore the health.
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If you find yourself worrying, go outside, take three breaths, address a tree and quietly say, 'Thank you.' If you…
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A muse comes down from Mount Olympus and changes my attitude, cheering me up - it's an inner intuition, suddenly…
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Nature is not a free lunch, but we treat it as a free lunch.
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Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many…
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been…
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History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.
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Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile,…
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In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of…
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The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers…
— Richard Doll
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We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept…
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That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible of…
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Each generation criticizes the unconscious assumptions made by its parent. It may assent to them, but it brings them out…
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You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.
— Denis Waitley
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We can invent as many theories we like, and any one of them can be made to fit the facts.…
— Albert Einstein
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[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best…
— Carl Sagan
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