- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nature Quotes
Nature seen through curiosity, method, and connection.
Most of these quotes come from a scientific perspective, exploring how questioning and method shape what we understand as nature rather than treating it as something purely separate from us. For quotes that turn nature into short, shareable lines, see Captions.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could draw Bloom County with my nose and pay my cleaning lady to write it, and I'd bet I wouldn't lose 10% of my papers over the next twenty years. Such is the nature of comic-strips. Once established, their half-life is usually more than nuclear waste.
- End Result
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- Nov 07, 2020
Such is the nature of comic strips. Once established, their half-life is usually more than nuclear waste. Typically, the end result is lazy, rich cartoonists.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
In business, I think the most important thing is to position yourself for long-term and not be too impatient, which I am by nature, and I have to control myself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nature of constitutional delegations of power is that they entitle the empowered official to do certain things that other people can't do.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nature of the job of attorney general has changed - irrevocably. And we should never again have an attorney general, of either party, capable of expressing surprise at the role that national security issues now play in the life of the Justice Department or in the role of its chief.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, no, I don't watch football. The last time I tried watching was the last Super Bowl. The problem I have is, you know, the graphic nature of my imagination; when I watch and see them meeting head onto head, helmet onto helmet, what flashes through my mind is what's going on in their brains. It's like torture to me.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
My nature is to try and look past apparent truths, to pull back layers and understand the psychological motives behind phenomena.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm used to the fact that the world views movie actors as personalities. I'm in the extremely fortunate position of making a living at something I'm passionate about. It's all about choices. By the nature of what I do, I make a choice. I invite them in.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
- Being Used
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going to happen! That's the nature of drama. Most of the things that get made or basically grisly detective shows about murders, accidents or medical dramas.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
- Cyber
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nature and scope of security threats in the cyber era are four-dimensional compared to the early nuclear age.
- Enshrined
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans take justifiable pride in the freedoms given to them by nature or God and enshrined in the Constitution's Bill of Rights.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Washington's birthday is worthy of celebration - he is one of the greatest men in history. But Washington himself would likely have seen celebration of the office of the presidency itself as monarchic in nature.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
- Very
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- Nov 07, 2020