"We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways."

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Clarence Day

#Nature Quotes #Way Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I'm a man more dined against than dining.”

Source : In John Betjeman 'Summoned by Bells' (1960) ch. 9.
“I try to have a different relationship with the bike. I don't give it a name, but I always speak with it. I don't know if the other riders do the same. This is not only a piece of metal - there is a soul. The bike talks back too. But not with a voice, with the components”
“Change before you have to.”

Source : Jack Welch, Janet Lowe (2007). “Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader”, John Wiley & Sons
“The process of specialization tends, almost inevitably, to narrow the sources from which the rules of any science are drawn; and English law is no exception from this rule.”

Source : Edward Jenks (1922). “A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919”
“Sin is not confined to the evil things we do. It is the evil within us, the evil which we are.”
“Football management is such a pressurized thing - horse racing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined - it's another release from the pressure of my job.”
“I won't rest until Tom Chaney's barking in hell.”
“What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination.”

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