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We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous.

David Suzuki

To the first class belong the Gospels and Acts; to the second, the Epistles; to the third, the Revelation.

Philip Schaff

The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes a tyrant.

Saint Francis of Assisi

I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.

Joshua Lederberg

So many of the things I've predicted were technologies that were just sitting right in front of us.

Joshua Lederberg

It is not possible to be intellectually honest and believe in gods. And it is not possible to believe in gods and be a true scientist.

Peter Atkins

Many of the crises we see in the 21st century, I would argue, have their roots in the dawn of the Neolithic.

Spencer Wells

More than a billion people lack adequate access to clean water.

David Suzuki

We have altered the physical, chemical and biological properties of the planet on a geological scale. We have left no part of the globe untouched.

David Suzuki

What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?

David Suzuki

The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island.

William Blackstone

I don't believe anybody can really grasp everything that's even in one textbook.

Joshua Lederberg

[Religion is] a fantasy [and is] completely empty of any explanatory content. It is also evil.

Peter Atkins

I really wanted to discover mummies, like Indiana Jones.

Svante Paabo

Try hard to find out what you're good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that.

Joshua Lederberg

When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.

David Suzuki

Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.

David Suzuki

With the world's human population now at seven billion and growing, and the demand for technology and modern conveniences increasing, we can't control all our negative impacts. But we have to find better ways to live within the limits nature and its ...

David Suzuki

Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.

Tony Campolo

[discussing Wolverine] Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: There are more powerful mutants out there. Why should this one be so important? Cyclops: Maybe it's his way with people. Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: You don't like him? Cyclops: How could you tel...

X-Men

[Logan has found his way to the Professor's office] Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: I'm Charles Xavier. Would you like some breakfast? Logan: Where am I? Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Westchester, New York. My people brought you here for medical attent...

X-Men