"In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop."

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Source : Asa Gray (1880). “Natural Science and Religion”

Asa Gray

#Animal Quotes #Vegetables Quotes #Lines Quotes

“We Slovenians are even better misers than you Scottish. You know how Scotland began? One of us Slovenians was spending too much money, so we put him on a boat and he landed in Scotland.”
“I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean.”
“And as we know now, and as I pointed out many times, the great plume of fire at the bottom of the Space Shuttle is actually dollar bills burning, and the most efficient method of destroying American dollar bills as has ever been devised by man.”
“I think I wrote once that baseball in many ways is very much like reading. I said there are more bad books than bad ballgames, or maybe it was the other way around. I can't remember.”
“It takes some living to discover that the living itself is one's life, that life is not a goal to attain but a possession to relish.”

Source : Dale REx Coman (1972). “The Endless Adventure”
“Wish I'd written Tikkun Olam â€“ a Weavers or Peter Paul & Mary hit!”
“The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.”

Source : FaceBook post by Joan Didion from Sep 15, 2011
“I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of not giving it up. In fact, we may find that, while we're drastically cutting our energy consumption, we're actually raising our standard of living.”

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