"Nature is not silent, and never was a name more derisively inappropriate than when we speak of these non-human creatures who hoot and crow and bray as the dumb animals."

-- Winifred Holtby

#Animal Quotes #Names Quotes #Dumb Quotes

“We're so obsessed with [big] data, we forget how to interpret it.”
“The self-regulating mechanism of the market place cannot always be depended upon to produce adequate results in scientific research.”
“What your soul needs is a check up.”
“I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart that 'all that I am,' I have received from God. So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.”

Source : "Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus". Translated by John Skinner, www.ancienttexts.org.
“Life is a great experience. Dignity is a treasure.”
“The Internet knows no national borders.”
“I'm good with telling people what I think, too, but I don't know why people are so content to treat each other poorly.”

Source : Interview with Marah Eakin, music.avclub.com. August 9, 2011.
“What is so priceless about being the selves we were created to grow into is that it's impossible to do it wrong.”

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