"The veneration, wherewith Men are imbued for what they call Nature, has been a discouraging impediment to the Empire of Man over the inferior Creatures of God. For many have not only look'd upon it, as an impossible thing to compass, but as something impious to attempt."

-- Robert Boyle

#Nature Quotes #Men Quotes #Empires Quotes

“Itâ€™s frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.”
“I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me.”
“My music is homegrown from the garden of New Orleans. Music is everything to me short of breathing. Music also has a role to lift you up - not to be escapist but to take you out of misery.”
“Your behaviour influences others through a ripple effect. A ripple effect works because everyone influences everyone else. Powerful people are powerful influences.”

Source : John HEider (2015). “The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age”, p.54, Green Dragon Books
“I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. That's why I buy Kinder Surprise. Horrible chocolate; nasty little toy: a double-whammy of disillusionment ! Sometimes I eat the toy out of sheer despair.”

Source : "Bewilderness". Documentary, Comedy, 2001.
“One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.”

Source : Jose Rizal (2006). “Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)”, p.17, Penguin
“The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.”

Source : "Voices of Vision: Creators of Science Fiction and Fantasy Speak". Book by Jayme Lynn Blaschke (p. 182), April 1, 2005.
“...When I asked [my dad why the sky was blue] he said it was because God's a boy. If God were a girl, the sky would be pink. 'What about sunrise and sunset?' I'd asked. Dad had looked dumbfounded. 'You kids. You think too much.' It frightened me how shallow the gene pool was that Liam and I were wading in.”

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