"Human language is lit with animal life: we play cats-cradle or have hare-brained ideas; we speak of badgering, or outfoxing someone; to squirrel something away and to ferret it out."

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Source : "Fifty years on, the silence of Rachel Carson's spring consumes us" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. September 25, 2012.

Jay Griffiths

#Cat Quotes #Animal Quotes #Squirrels Quotes

“Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays.”
“I think that the way that Steve Jobs sought after love was to create products that people loved. And when people loved his products, in turn they - he felt like they loved him.”
“I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that's good for everyone.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In solitude, at last, weâ€™re able to let God define us the way we are always supposed to be definedâ€”by relationship: the I-thou relationship, in relation to a Presence that demands nothing of us but presence itself. Not performance but presence”
“Life, religion and art all converge in Bali. They have no word in their language for 'artist' or 'art.' Everyone is an artist.”
“It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities.”
“I don't like silk underwear. They don't do the job, you know?”
“Most procrastination is largely indecision. Someone has said that "hell is just truth seen too late."”

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