Quotes About Nature

I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose them. There is no possibility of escaping from this conclusion.

Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed.

Snowflakes fascinate me... Millions of them falling gently to the ground... And they say that no two of them are alike! Each one completely different from all the others... The last of the rugged individualists!

The early bird gets the worm but the late bird doesn't even get the late worm.

What's the sense in having an eclipse if you can't look at it? Somebody in production sure slipped up this time!

All of earth's creatures have, hidden within their beings, a wild uncontrollable urge to punt!

Whenever the sun is shining, I feel obligated to play outside!

Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.

Those who believe in the "balance of nature" are those who don't get eaten.

There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise so shall his life be taken away before he knoweth that he hath it.

You got to realize; you're the Devil as much as you're God.

Animals shouldn't be hunted and nature shouldn't be disturbed, even destroyed, to benefit the whims of mankind

It's so dry the trees are bribing the dogs.

She smiled, tilted her head, and . . . have you ever seen video of melting glaciers where huge chunks, the size of skyscrapers, break off and crash into the sea? If hearts could do that, then when her hair slid from behind her ear and down her eyes, and the right side of her lip turned up, I heard my heart crack down the middle.

Water heals itself. Every time. I like that. And if I'm being honest, maybe I need that.

The mango was a mirror image of my last few days. Once beautiful, placed on display for all the world to see, it had been ripped from it's perch, thrown to the ground, rolled in manure and squalor, and left to rot. While that might have bruised it and soiled its skin, it didn't' change it's nature or what it freely offered, for once I peeled it back, an inexplicable sweetness was waiting to be discovered and tasted and consumed.

There, on that bank, soaked in that water, basking in that sun-shine, lying on that man's chest, I hoped for the first time that my real dad would never show up and take me home.

She smiled, tilted her head, and . . . have you ever seen video of melting glaciers where huge chunks, the size of skyscrapers, break off and crash into the sea? If hearts can do that, then when her hair slid from behind her ear and down over her eyes, and the right side of her lip turned up, I heard my heart crack down the middle.

To us—those who seek the solace of the marsh—it is a stage where God paints—yellow in the morning, green toward noon, brownish in the afternoon, and blood red toward evening. It is the sentinel that stands guard at the ocean's edge, protecting the sea from the runoff that would kill it. It is a selfless and sacrificial place. And when I close my eyes, it is also the smell of home.

Along the bank, the cicadas tuned up, singing their singular psychedelic tune.

And while she sounded lonesome, I doubted whether a whip-poor-will ever sounded that hauntingly pure.

I stood knee-deep as the waves crashed into my legs. I'll never forget the power. It took my breath away. Unc did that too. And then he gave it back.

Everyday in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Everyday in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it has to run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter if you're the lion or a gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.