"Most of the reefs [around Christmas Island] are dead, most of the corals are dead, overgrown by algae, and most of the fish are smaller than the pencils we use to count them."

-- Enric Sala

#Ocean Quotes #Islands Quotes #Algae Quotes

“I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.”
“I personally really like getting a proper album with artwork and everything.”
“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
“Have as much fun as you can and don't feel that the edge of your canvas confines you - let your vision go right on.”
“I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.”
“A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.”
“Photography today appears to be in a state of flight... The familiar is made strange, the unfamiliar grotesque. The amateur forces his Sundays into a series of unnatural poses.”
“All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.”

Source : "On Learned Ignorance" by Nicholas of Cusa, 1440.

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