"In nature nothing exists alone."

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Source : Rachel Carson (2002). “Silent Spring”, p.51, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Rachel Carson

#Environment Quotes

“For the last 50 years, the federal government has taken out of the Gulf Coast $165 billion in taxes that came from oil and gas off of our coast that went to the federal Treasury, to rebuild all places in America except the place that it came from.”

Source : "Sen. Landrieu: Government made recovery 'difficult'". "Meet the Press" with Brian Williams, www.nbcnews.com. August 29, 2010.
“Who can fail to mist at Fergie's anthem, 'My humps, my humps, my lovely lady lumps.' Hmmm. 'My lunch, my lunch, I swear it's coming up.”
“Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away”
“Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.”
“The only thing I can really trust is my own self-indulgence.”
“There's something unnatural about a woman finding babies or, more specifically, conversation about babies, boring. They'll think she's bitter, jealous, lonely. But she's also bored of everybody telling her how lucky she is, what with all that sleep and all that freedom and spare time, the ability to go on dates or head off to Paris at a moments notice. It sounds like they're consoling her, and she resents this and feels patronized by it.”
“The key to lasting happiness and real pleasure in this world is not found in seeking gratification, but in pleasing God. And while the Lord desires that we enjoy His gifts and the people to whom we are joined, He wants us to know that we were created first for His pleasure.”
“A check on itself, evil subserves the economies of good, as it were a condiment to give relish to good.”

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