"Ecologically speaking, a spilt tanker load is like sticking a safety pin into an elephant's foot. The planet barely notices. After the Exxon Valdez accident in Alaska the oil company spent billions tidying up the coastline, but it was a waste of money because the waves were cleaning up faster than Exxon could. Environmentalists can never accept the planet's ability to self-heal."

-- Jeremy Clarkson

#Nature Quotes #Self Quotes #Elephants Quotes

“Buffoons, buffoons! One can play any tune on them!”
“Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education.”

Source : "Quora: What Does Freedom of Speech Mean?". www.yahoo.com. May 13, 2017.
“When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world.”
“Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position.”

Source : "In Eutropium". I, 181. As quoted in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", p. 93-96, 1922.
“'Spice Girls' is about unifying the world - every age, every gender, everyone. It's woman power, it's an essence, a tribe.”
“I would like to be a polyglot.”
“I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films. It's more instinctive rather than anything else. I don't do the calculated rehearsed kind of approach, and I hope that I can continue that because I believe that instinct is much stronger and greater when you are performing on camera.”
“The quickest way to a woman's crotch is through her gullet. Can I make you a cake?" Big Al to Pierce, then Rachel.”

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