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Jay Griffiths Quotes

Clearly, many branches of science need an exquisite precision of timekeeping and the infinitesimal decimals of calibration, so space launches, for example, are not scheduled for leap-second dates. But society as a whole neither needs that obsessive time measurement nor is well served by it Picture Quote #1

All definitions of wilderness that exclude people seem to me to be false. African ‘wilderness’ areas are racist because indigenous people are being cleared out of them so white people can go on holiday there Picture Quote #1

All humans are essentially wild creatures and hate confinement. We need what is wild, and we thrill to it, our wildness bubbling over with an anarchic joie de vivre. We glint when the wild light shines. The more suffocatingly enclosed we are - tamed by television, controlled by mortgages and bureaucracy - the louder our wild genes scream in aggression, anger and depression Picture Quote #1

Cultures have long heard wisdom in non-human voices: Apollo, God of music, medicine and knowledge, came to Delphi in the form of a dolphin. But dolphins, which fill the oceans with blipping and chirping, and whales, which mew and caw in ultramarine jazz - a true rhapsody in blue - are hunted to the edge of silence Picture Quote #1

A functional media is as important to democratic freedom as voting Picture Quote #1

As a writer you have a duty to be a messenger Picture Quote #1

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I don’t write quickly, and I don’t want to Picture Quote #1

A wild creature is not subject to any will except its own Picture Quote #1

The losses of the natural world are our loss, their silence silences something within the human mind Picture Quote #1

The woods are a place where children can go to think. Children gravitate towards these spaces. When I was a child it was nothing more than a scrubby little overhang under a rhododendron bush, but it was incredibly important to me Picture Quote #1

The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood of a moment, clock time can ride roughshod over the emotions of individuals Picture Quote #1

Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and accords greater respect to those with greater expertise. With one exception: climate science Picture Quote #1

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Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is part of our humanity; it is embodied empathy Picture Quote #1

The silencing of the rainforests is a double deforestation, not only of trees but a deforestation of the mind’s music, medicine and knowledge Picture Quote #1

If people can’t acknowledge the wisdom of indigenous cultures, then that’s their loss Picture Quote #1

Clock measurement is not time itself. In fact, so opposed are they that one could argue the clock is not a synonym, but the opposite of time Picture Quote #1

Children say they are unhappy in every language they have. They say it in silence, and they say it in riots Picture Quote #1

We are animal in our blood and in our skin. We were not born for pavements and escalators but for thunder and mud Picture Quote #1

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Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy Picture Quote #1

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Clearly, many branches of science need an exquisite precision of timekeeping and the infinitesimal decimals of calibration, so space launches, for example, are not scheduled for leap-second dates. But society as a whole neither needs that obsessive time measurement nor is well served by it (Jay Griffiths Quotes) All definitions of wilderness that exclude people seem to me to be false. African ‘wilderness’ areas are racist because indigenous people are being cleared out of them so white people can go on holiday there (Jay Griffiths Quotes) All humans are essentially wild creatures and hate confinement. We need what is wild, and we thrill to it, our wildness bubbling over with an anarchic joie de vivre. We glint when the wild light shines. The more suffocatingly enclosed we are - tamed by television, controlled by mortgages and bureaucracy - the louder our wild genes scream in aggression, anger and depression (Jay Griffiths Quotes) Cultures have long heard wisdom in non-human voices: Apollo, God of music, medicine and knowledge, came to Delphi in the form of a dolphin. But dolphins, which fill the oceans with blipping and chirping, and whales, which mew and caw in ultramarine jazz - a true rhapsody in blue - are hunted to the edge of silence (Jay Griffiths Quotes) A functional media is as important to democratic freedom as voting (Jay Griffiths Quotes) As a writer you have a duty to be a messenger (Jay Griffiths Quotes) I don’t write quickly, and I don’t want to (Jay Griffiths Quotes) A wild creature is not subject to any will except its own (Jay Griffiths Quotes) The losses of the natural world are our loss, their silence silences something within the human mind (Jay Griffiths Quotes) The woods are a place where children can go to think. Children gravitate towards these spaces. When I was a child it was nothing more than a scrubby little overhang under a rhododendron bush, but it was incredibly important to me (Jay Griffiths Quotes) The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood of a moment, clock time can ride roughshod over the emotions of individuals (Jay Griffiths Quotes) Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and accords greater respect to those with greater expertise. With one exception: climate science (Jay Griffiths Quotes) Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is part of our humanity; it is embodied empathy (Jay Griffiths Quotes) The silencing of the rainforests is a double deforestation, not only of trees but a deforestation of the mind’s music, medicine and knowledge (Jay Griffiths Quotes) If people can’t acknowledge the wisdom of indigenous cultures, then that’s their loss (Jay Griffiths Quotes) Clock measurement is not time itself. In fact, so opposed are they that one could argue the clock is not a synonym, but the opposite of time (Jay Griffiths Quotes) Children say they are unhappy in every language they have. They say it in silence, and they say it in riots (Jay Griffiths Quotes) We are animal in our blood and in our skin. We were not born for pavements and escalators but for thunder and mud (Jay Griffiths Quotes) Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy (Jay Griffiths Quotes)