Nature & World Sayings

Our brains are machines.

Nature loves simplicity and unity.

I have no need of proof; the laws of nature, unlike the laws of grammar, admit of no exception.

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

Drinkers of water, who are we? We are the people who will drink this water.

We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves.

It is not a question of whether man will fly to the moon but when.

You know that Jeannin has the peony, Quost has the hollyhock, but I have the sunflower, in a way.

I am more and more fascinated by the reflections of colors in water. It is quite beyond me.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Women hold up half the sky.

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.

I am very fond of animals.

The greatest challenge facing humanity is the preservation of the environment.

Remember, the wind is strongest at the top of the mountain.

Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it, we are going back from whence we came.

We in Russia have our Trotskys, and I myself should be highly annoyed if anyone were to take them for authentic Russians.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.