"I saw that animals were important. I saw that plants were even more important. I was also to learn that compared to many of the other species, we weren't important at all except for the damage we do. We do not rule the natural world, despite our conspicuous position in it. On the contrary, it is our lifeline, and we do well to try to understand its rules."

-- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

#Animal Quotes #Trying Quotes #Important Quotes

“Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.”

Source : 'The Magic Mountain' (1924) ch. 4, sect. 4 (translation by H. T. Lowe-Porter)
“Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men.”
“I like to play fast. I get excited, and I have to sort of control myself, restrain myself. But when the rhythm section gets cooking, I want to explode.”
“we sent a troupe to Edinborough, and then in Edinborough, there was a producer from the Melbourne Comedy Festival, so we went to Melbourne. So it's one of these shows that kind of organically developed and it started developing momentum way before I even thought there was a show here.”
“The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.”
“Once you get a couple of records in, you kinda vibe out then you see what a full length is.”

Source : Source: respect-mag.com
“Every single day I wake up in the morning, and I wonder if this is some kind of amazing dream that's gonna end all of a sudden. And, you know, I'm gonna wake up and be somewhere else.”
“Hope you'll forgive me, never meant wrong. Tried to be patient, but waited too long. But I would've came back.. But I would've came back for you.”

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