"We are able to breathe, drink, and eat in comfort because millions of organisms and hundreds of processes are operating to maintain a liveable environment, but we tend to take nature's services for granted because we don't pay money for most of them."

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Source : "Ecology: A Bridge Between Science and Society". Book by Eugene Pleasants Odum, March 1, 1997.

Eugene Odum

#Comfort Quotes #Pay Quotes #Able Quotes

“People talk about the difference between radio acting, TV acting and stage acting, but I think it's all the same. For instance, when I played Vultan in 'Flash Gordon,' I put as much energy into it as I would with 'King Lear' - it's all part of the same thing.”
“When passion is not fed, it changes to need. At this juncture, marriage becomes a fixed idea in the mind of the bourgeois, being the only means whereby he can win a woman and appropriate her to his uses.”
“Shame is not your friend. It depletes your power. Let go of shame and embrace your magnificence.”
“Edward [Weston] was the first artist - and I don't use the word lightly - to make a living doing art photography. Other photographers did commercial work, or worked for the government.”
“I'm tipsy." I corrected, "and it's my birthday and I want to dance. Come one, Linc, it won't kill you.”

Source : Jessica Shirvington (2011). “Embrace”, p.52, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.”
“Lovers of audio books learn to live with compromise.”
“What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States. They should not be changed because of what has happened. But trust has to be restored and reinforced.”

Source : "NSA files - Merkel and Hollande call for talks with US by end of year - live" by Paul Owen, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2013.

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