Brain Quote by Thomas George Bonney

Geology, perhaps more than any other department of natural philosophy, is a science of contemplation. It requires no experience or complicated apparatus, no minute…

— Humphry Davy

Nothing perhaps has so retarded the reception of the higher conclusions of Geology among men in general, as ... [the] instinctive parsimony of the…

— Charles Lapworth

“It is slow, gradual pressure that is the formula for both genius and earthquakes. Life tells us our secrets in these cracks, the way…

— James Curcio

Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is driven by…

— Reinout Willem van Bemmelen

“An interesting contrast between the geology of the present day and that of half a century ago, is presented by the complete emancipation of…

— Thomas Henry Huxley

“Pressure causes a rock to erode and eventually deteriorate but it causes a human being to be remade and eventually rejuvenate.”

— Ibrahiem Azeiem

Geology gives us a key to the patience of God.

— J. G. Holland

“The structure of your organism, of your senses and nerves, endows the world with all its sensible and measurable properties—for rocks cannot seem to…

— Alan Wilson Watts

“Sediments of stones scatter as the ego hath crushed, weather of life changes every form , be it rock or a human!”

— Soumya V

“The rock I'd seen in my life looked dull because in all ignorance I'd never thought to knock it open. People have cracked ordinary…

— Annie Dillard

I think pressure is a frame of mind.

— Trevor Ariza

Geology is rapidly taking its place as an introduction to the higher history of man. If the author has sought to exalt a favorite…

— James Dwight Dana