Quotes About Nature

e, al contrario dei gatti, in natura i poeti non esistono.

Un antiguo proverbio reza: «Si las hienas te van pisando los talones, arrójales para que se alimenten el más jugoso de los bocados: un cordero recién nacido. Ya verás, cuando abran las mandíbulas para triturar a su presa, no hay hiena ni chacal que preste atención al resto».

Todo lo que es alegre proviene de Dios y nunca es pecado, es la exaltación de la propia naturaleza».

Joy is the natural conclusion to the unfairness of time itself.

I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior.

My ideal is to wake up in the morning and run around the meadow naked.

The zero-degree parallel of latitude is fixed by the laws of nature, while the zero-degree meridian of longitude shifts like the sands of time.

The zero-degree parallel of latitude is fixed by the laws of nature, while the zero-degree meridian of longitude shifts like the sands of time. This difference makes finding latitude child's play, and turns the determination of longitude, especially at sea, into an adult dilemma—one that stumped the wisest minds of the world for the better part of human history.

It is a shedding of all else and an acknowledgement of the wilderness we are part of. And as the exhilaration slowly subsides, it often slips into a more indistinct yet cerebral, even hallowed realm." —DAVID ATCHESON The Liberty Project, Enjoying the spirit and protecting the nature of the Alaskan wilderness

Camping: That's what I call getting drunk outside.

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business.

The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has instilled within each of us a powerful biological instinct to reproduce; this is her way of assuring that the human race, come what may, will never have any disposable income.

Camping: nature's way of promoting the motel industry.

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.

Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business.

A rhododendron bud lavender-tipped. Soon a glory of blooms to clash with the cardinals and gladden the hummingbirds!

Sun spreads through the treetops like an epidemic.

Mankind is unkind, man.

What was wrong with darkness? In the darkness of the Earth the Mother caused seeds to sprout. In the darkness of the womb a baby was conceived. In the darkness of the graves her Children returned to her.

GOD: I own you like I own the caves. THE OCEAN: Not a chance. No comparison. GOD: I made you. I could tame you. THE OCEAN: At one time, maybe. But not now. GOD: I will come to you, freeze you, break you. THE OCEAN: I will spread myself like wings. I am a billion tiny feathers. You have no idea what's happened to me.

Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system or the brain of nature. We're not the brain, we are a cancer on nature.

Those roads provided breath-taking views. There's something special about an empty road going on and on and on to the horizon where the sun burns the world away into a dancing, shmmering heat haze that reflects the crystal blue sky, literally blurring the line between heaven and earth.