Man never had an idea – man will never have an idea, except those supplied to him by his surroundings. Every idea in the world that man has came to him by nature. – Robert Green Ingersoll
Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God. – Sai Baba
We tend to block off many of our senses when we’re staring at a screen. Nature time can literally bring us to our senses. – Richard Louv
I do think that there is such a thing as human nature, and that the things that we have in common are perhaps greater than the things that divide us. – Salman Rushdie
Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic. – Salman Rushdie
With these vast advantages, ordinary and extraordinary, one would have supposed the North would have been content, and would have at least respected the security and tranquility of such obedient and profitable brethren; but such is not human nature. – Robert Toombs
Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man’s nature. – Robert South
It’s the default premise in science: If you observe something in nature only once, you assume that what you’ve seen is typical. That’s because ‘typical’ is just another way of saying ‘most probable.’ – Seth Shostak
I concluded that all religions had the same foundation – a belief in the supernatural – a power above nature that man could influence by worship – by sacrifice and prayer. – Robert Green Ingersoll
Most people who use the Internet seem take its nature and characteristics for granted, like we take air and water for granted. – Rebecca MacKinnon
It is human nature, especially as we get older, to look for stability in our lives. But if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to fight against that somewhat, as starting a business requires movement. You cannot stay still. – Robert Herjavec
By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed. – O. Henry
I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature. – Shakira
So far as I am concerned, I think more of reasons than of reputations, more of principles than of persons, more of nature than of names, more of facts than of faiths. – Robert Green Ingersoll
I want to convince you that humans are, to some extent, natural born essentialists. What I mean by this is we don’t just respond to things as we see them or feel them or hear them. Rather, our response is conditioned on our beliefs, about what they really are, what they came from, what they’re made of, what their hidden nature is. – Paul Bloom
I don’t think people by nature are extremists. You will never find a population of extremists. Extremists have existed throughout the centuries on all religions. And what happens is, extremists start to have more leverage when the situation is bad. – Queen Rania of Jordan
Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations. – Salman Rushdie
The religion I know most about, which is the Christian one, would simply say that it’s not really for one man or woman to know fully and to understand the nature of our brief human existence. – Sebastian Faulks
But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing. – Oliver Stone
I had met my now wife, Sheryl, and was attempting my first try at monogamy, which was not really in my nature at the time, and I wasn’t able to do it. – Rob Lowe
Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history. – Octavio Paz
It seems like Weezer has gotten better and better at getting attention for everything besides our music. Part of that is just the nature of our culture now – you really have to scream to get some attention, so people even know you have a record out that they might want to listen to. – Rivers Cuomo
As an illustrator you need to understand the human body – but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to look away and capture the balance between what you’ve seen and what you imagine. – Quentin Blake
The American economy has always been driven by the entrepreneurial nature of its citizens, and blocking access to affordable health care will only suffocate growth within the small business sector of our economy. – Paul Gillmor
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch’d by the thorns. – Thomas Moore
Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always. – Teresa Nielsen Hayden
