Advantage Quote by William Shenstone

“Darwin’s Bestiary PROLOGUE Animals tame and animals feral prowled the Dark Ages in search of a moral: the canine was Loyal, the lion was…

— Philip Appleman

“We are endowed with a moral capacity that animals, plants, rocks-and many fervent ecologists-lack. We should not be dirty, wasteful or cruel. To do…

— P.J. O'Rourke

“The most prolific and accomplished hunters were not the most bloodthirsty and indefatigable. They were the most cool and empathetic. They were the ones…

— Kevin Dutton

“What surprises me most when surveying the great destinies of man is always seeing before me the opposite of what Darwin and his school…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.

— Anonymous

In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks, yet it…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature's prime favourites were the Pelicans; High-fed, long-lived, and sociable and free.

— James Montgomery

It be urged that the wild and uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour and bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield better; yet…

— Thomas Jefferson

The animals to whom nature has given the faculty we call cunning know always when to use it, and use it wisely; but when…

— Thomas Paine

“If seeds saw dirt as their enemy, they would lose out on the opportunity to grow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs…

— Carl Jung

The Great don't innovate, they fertilize seeds planted by lackeys, they leave to others the inhaling of the flowers whose roots they've manured. A…

— Ned Rorem