Quotes About Nature

I remember my father saying to me once, 'I finally know how to describe you, Charlotte. You're prickly.' And he was right - prickly is a very good description. If I had to be an animal, I'd probably be a porcupine.

Yeruham's small. You walk five minutes, and you're in the desert.

There is such a peace out in the middle of the desert. There's nothing like it.

On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.

I always thought that people who live in the desert are a little crazy. It could be that the desert attracts that kind of person, or that after living there, you become that. It doesn't make much difference. But now I've done my 40 years in the desert.

I used to think that only people who were crazy were attracted to the desert, but once you've lived there, you become that way anyway.

I have thought for a long time that one day, if I finally got to deserve it, I would love to write about the minds of invertebrates.

Evolution, to me, is the best designer of all time.

I have, I must admit, despised the English countryside for much of my life - despised it and avoided it for its want of danger and adventure.

I typically enjoy a beautiful beach destination, as I find the water and sand to be the most replenishing.

Character is destiny.

Anatomy is destiny.

I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth.

Vaca Diez, do not destroy our country!

Christianity has aimed to deliver us from a life determined by nature, from the appetites as actuating us, and so has meant that man should not let himself be determined by his appetites.

Christianity has aimed to deliver us from a life determined by nature, from the appetites as actuating us, and so has meant that man should not let himself be determined by appetites.

If I deviate from my nature, it's possible that my game will be affected.

West Wittering in Chichester is perfect for a short break and if I've got longer, Devon and Cornwall are my favourites places in Britain.

At heart, I am a country girl who grew up in Devon.

I learned how to change a cloth diaper on a raccoon. I was maybe 8 or 9.

'Entity' is not about science. The process behind it may dictate the nature of the piece, but it's not like a dance about Einstein where I'm trying to convert his ideas into movement and communicate that to an audience.

We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it.

I'd like to see the bay cleaned up before I die.

Climbing for me is about being free. It's just to move and be uninhibited and feel and tap into the connection with nature.