Maxioms Pet

X
  •   20  /  20  

    It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this little headland would be thronged with spectators.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  11  /  13  

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Nature Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  16  /  13  

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Nature Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  7  /  13  

Nature abhors annihilation.
[Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]

Nature abhors annihilation.
[Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]

  ( comments )
  6  /  20  

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes read more

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

by Galileo Galilei Found in: Nature Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  22  /  41  

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

by Jane Jacobs Found in: Nature Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  4  /  16  

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

  ( comments )
  6  /  11  

Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but read more

Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you.

by Edward Payson Rod Found in: Nature Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  11  /  19  

As for evolution, I have a hard time believing that billions of years ago two protozoan bumped into each other read more

As for evolution, I have a hard time believing that billions of years ago two protozoan bumped into each other under a volcanic cesspool and evolved into Cindy Crawford.

by Robert G.lee Found in: Nature Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  9  /  16  

That's the nature of women not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

That's the nature of women not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

Maxioms Web Pet