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Natural Quotes

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural Picture Quote #1

I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals Picture Quote #1

I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real Picture Quote #1

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral Picture Quote #1

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us Picture Quote #1

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body Picture Quote #1

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People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure Picture Quote #1

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin Picture Quote #1

The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws Picture Quote #1

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon Picture Quote #1

You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That’s what natural history programmes should be for Picture Quote #1

I once used henna to dye my hair brown for an audition, thinking I was being clever as it’s all natural Picture Quote #1

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I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it’s a relief. If I’m walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile Picture Quote #1

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work Picture Quote #1

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false Picture Quote #1

When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person Picture Quote #1

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world Picture Quote #1

Why do people believe that there are dangerous implications of the idea that the mind is a product of the brain, that the brain is organized in part by the genome, and that the genome was shaped by natural selection? Picture Quote #1

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All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else Picture Quote #1

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other Picture Quote #1

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich Picture Quote #1

Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never through mere fickleness Picture Quote #1

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement Picture Quote #1

Long lives aren’t natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin Picture Quote #1

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The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity Picture Quote #1

Darwin’s idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition Picture Quote #1

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so Picture Quote #1

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory Picture Quote #1

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities Picture Quote #1

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice Picture Quote #1

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Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural (Natural Quotes) I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals (Natural Quotes) I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real (Natural Quotes) I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral (Natural Quotes) If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us (Natural Quotes) It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body (Natural Quotes) People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure (Natural Quotes) The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin (Natural Quotes) The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws (Natural Quotes) The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon (Natural Quotes) You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That’s what natural history programmes should be for (Natural Quotes) I once used henna to dye my hair brown for an audition, thinking I was being clever as it’s all natural (Natural Quotes) I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it’s a relief. If I’m walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile (Natural Quotes) Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work (Natural Quotes) It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false (Natural Quotes) When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person (Natural Quotes) Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world (Natural Quotes) Why do people believe that there are dangerous implications of the idea that the mind is a product of the brain, that the brain is organized in part by the genome, and that the genome was shaped by natural selection? (Natural Quotes) All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else (Natural Quotes) It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other (Natural Quotes) The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich (Natural Quotes) Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never through mere fickleness (Natural Quotes) The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement (Natural Quotes) Long lives aren’t natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin (Natural Quotes) The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity (Natural Quotes) Darwin’s idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition (Natural Quotes) Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so (Natural Quotes) Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory (Natural Quotes) Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities (Natural Quotes) The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice (Natural Quotes)

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