"We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay, coal, marl, sand, and iron, which are incumbent on them, are MONUMENTS OF THE PAST FELICITY OF ORGANIZED NATURE!"

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Source : Erasmus Darwin (1800). “Phytologia, or the philosophy of agriculture and gardening; with the theory of draining morasses and with an improved construction of the drill plough”, p.560

Erasmus Darwin

#Past Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Iron Quotes

“Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.”
“Being gentle means forgiving yourself when you mess up. We should learn from our mistakes, but we shouldn't beat the tar out of ourselves over them. The past is just that, past. Learn what went wrong and why. Make amends if you need to. Then drop it and move on.”

Source : Sean Covey (2011). “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teenagers”, p.56, Simon and Schuster
“You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer.”
“[James vowed again to] use the National Guard and state troopers to prevent the removal [of Judge Roy Moore's Commandments display].”
“I resolved to play my trumpet like a sax.”
“Experience has taught me never to trust a policeman. Just when you think one's all right, he turns legit.”

Source : "Fictional character: Doc Riedenschneider". "The Asphalt Jungle", 1950.
“Tom Cruise only makes one or two film appearances a year. A baseball player can be the hero or the goat one-hundred and sixty-two times a year.”
“Danbury wasn't a prison, it was a crime school. I went in with a Bachelor of marijuana, came out with a Doctorate of cocaine.”

Source : "Fictional character: George Jung". "Blow", 2001.

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