The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.
If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.
In the rush of today's world, and with more than half of us now living in cities, the majority of people are less and less connected with the spectacle of nature.
I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me.
Science is to be much commended for the ingenuity, the patience, and the persistency it displays in the invention of instruments wherewith to ferret out the secrets of nature.
He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage.
Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
I don't think there is necessarily a contradiction between being a hegemonic power on the one hand and functioning multilaterally on the other.
Feminism justified female 'victim power' by convincing the world that we lived in a sexist, male-dominated, and patriarchal world.
Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of many skies and earths beneath us - many days, many nights of stars.
We 'chicks' have munched our popcorn while romantic comedies became just comedies, and then each female protagonist got recast for Matthew McConaughey or Seth Rogan.
I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.
Although some people think I am a romantic novelist I have always thought of myself as a rather gritty radical historian.
There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.
Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success.
The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
Companies are communities. There's a spirit of working together. Communities are not a place where a few people allow themselves to be singled out as solely responsible for success.
Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be that the companies are stronger financially, that they took market share, and they are on a very steady footing in terms of their performance...
The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.
