Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hans Jonas

It was once religion which told us that we are all sinners because of original sin. It is now the ecology of our planet which pronounces us all to be sinners because of the excessive exploits of human inventiveness.

Ian Campbell

River red gums are fundamental to the ecology of the Murray River and its floodplains,

Joel Salatin

Our land-healing ministry really is about cultivating relationships: between the people, the loving stewards, and the ecology of a place, what I call the environmental umbilical that we're nurturing here.

Tony Kushner

Respect the delicate ecology of your delusions.

Nick Flynn

My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this great novel, there was no doubt about it. Part of why she left him was this delusion of greatness and identifying it very directly with being an artist.

Bill Moyers

The delusional is no longer marginal.

Saint Ignatius

It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.

Xavier Amador

One of his delusions drove him to testify, If I can just get up and talk to the American people, I will be set free.

Bhagavad Gita

One who neither hates the presence of enlightenment, activity, and delusion nor desires for them when they are absent.

Gabriel Polk

Because of the way you were acting. I didn't need his evidence. I saw your delusions myself.

Jack Black

Never for a second did I think of myself as the sexiest guy in the world. When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.

Steven Millhauser

I never write to disappear and escape. The truth is exactly the opposite. Most people strike me as escaping and disappearing in one way or another - into their jobs, their daily routines, their delusions about themselves and others.

Chuck Palahniuk

We live and we die and anything else is just a delusion.

Natalie Massenet

You can get a slouchy woman's tunic at different price points. But if you want a great pair of trousers or a dress with delicate pleating, you're going to have to spend a little more.

M. Thompson

This was a sacred day ù a very delicate kind of thing. There was that little period where there was a no-fly zone on this subject matter, with a few exceptions. Probably now, enough time has passed and we're getting new perspective on this.

William Wordsworth

She gave me eyes, she gave me ears;And humble cares, and delicate fears;A heart, the fountain of sweet tears;And love and thought and joy.

Joseph Schwieterman

The real excitement starts now as they gradually merge two operations. They've got the two-year window, but it will be a delicate act,

Amy J. Berg

The people of Shishmaref want their community to survive, but they are holding on to their legacy by a very delicate thread indeed. The threat of their land disappearing is only the beginning.

Carlo Ancelotti

We are going through a delicate time and we must overcome this situation as soon as possible. We are making mistakes and as usual in football you pay for them.

C. L. R. James

The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.

Howard Staunton

Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour.