- Life
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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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both state and church have as their object actions as well as convictions, the former insofar as they are based on the relations between man and nature, the latter insofar as they are based on the relations between nature and God.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
- Consented
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- Nov 07, 2020
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans.
- Lively
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm lively and gay by nature.
- Favor
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Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only line that's wrong in Shakespeare is 'holding a mirror up to nature.' You hold a magnifying glass up to nature. As an actor you just enlarge it enough so that your audience can identify with the situation. If it were a mirror, we would have no art.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
Envy is human nature.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an agnostic, even though I respect and am interested in all religions. If there's something I believe in, it's a mysterious energy; the one that fills the oceans during tides, the one that unites nature and beings.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Little white lies are part of everyday life. If you're in court being charged with a felony, you're probably going to be tempted to lie. Or if your girlfriend asks you if the sweater she is wearing makes her look fat; you're going to lie because you love that person. There are different reasons and justifications to lie; it's human nature.
- Nov 07, 2020
I am a strong believer in the intertwined nature of the personal and the political; I think they move together.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole basis of conserving is not about nature - it is about people. If we don't look after the people surrounding the place, and if they don't have the value of preserving it in their pockets, then they are not going to preserve it.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival.
- Dark Side
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- Nov 07, 2020
A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020