"Simply because humankind have the power now to meddle or 'manage' or 'exercise stewardship' in every nook and cranny of the world does not mean that we have a right to do so. Even less, the obligation."

-- Edward Abbey

#Mean Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Doe Quotes

“And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win. "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin. "Why, that I cannot tell," said he, "But 'twas a famous victory."”
“There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel, or fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage of all: and he that makes such improvement is wise, as well as pious.”

Source : Anne Bradstreet, Adrienne Rich, Jeannine Hensley (2010). “The works of Anne Bradstreet”, Belknap Pr
“Thereâ€™s a crack (or cracks) in everyoneâ€¦thatâ€™s how the light of God gets in.”
“People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance.”
“Do not ask for fears to be removed; ask for courage equal to the fears.”
“We English have sex on the brain. Not the best place for it, actually.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I liked science. It was about the only thing that stayed the same wherever we moved.”

Source : Ellen Klages (2007). “Portable Childhoods”, p.96, Tachyon Publications
“I come in. I'm going to sketch, I'm going to drape, I don't know what I'm going to do.”

Source : Geoffrey Beene, Franz Kafka, Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) (1994). “Geoffrey Beene unbound: interview”

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