Rachel Carson Quotes

It is not half so important to know as to feel.

Rachel Carson

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• Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.

  

  Dan Colen
  • Important
  • Giving
  • Way

• The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.

  

  J. M. Coetzee
  • Life
  • Important
  • Law

• The very important thing you should have is patience.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Important
  • You
  • Patience

• I have freckles; I don't like covering up too much. I like things dewy and natural, and I think that having moisture in your skin is really beautiful and youthful - sometimes that's more important than coverage.

  

  Banks
  • Up
  • Important
  • Think

• I am a member of the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society; I visit sacred places such as Devil's Tower and the Medicine Wheel. These places are important to me, because they've been made sacred by sacrifice, by the investment of blood and experience and story.

  

  N. Scott Momaday
  • Important
  • Experience
  • Society

• It's so important to me to do the washing, do the Hoovering. I don't ever want to lose contact with that.

  

  Kate Bush
  • Important
  • Want
  • Lose

• Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.

  

  Samuel P. Huntington
  • Important
  • America
  • Know

• The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey.

  

  Safak Pavey
  • Important
  • Influence
  • Debate

• As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Important
  • Guy
  • Dream

• We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Important
  • Imagination
  • Look

• I think that nationality has no relation to that which gives rise to manga. Even among the Japanese, manga creators are making their creations everyday reflecting their own individuality, with none being the same. What is important isn't the differences between the creators but their love for manga.

  

  Natsuki Takaya
  • Important
  • Think
  • Relation

• In terms of competitiveness of new global environment, Kenya will have absolutely no choice but to tackle the most important constraint to its development: it has been corruption.

  

  Obiageli Ezekwesili
  • Important
  • Environment
  • Corruption

• Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Work
  • Important
  • Why

• It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical of my own work in order to learn and tell better stories.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Work
  • Important
  • Growing

• This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how important the arts are - not just to those of us who work at it, but to the nation as a whole.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Work
  • Important
  • Truth

• It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
  • Question
  • Students
  • Worship

• We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.

  

  S. Truett Cathy
  • World
  • Important
  • Live

• My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three miles out of town and he died when I was six. He was remarkably curious about the world, and he read lots of books.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Life
  • World
  • Important

• I believe that half the trouble in the world comes from people asking 'What have I achieved?' rather than 'What have I enjoyed?' I've been writing about a subject I love as long as I can remember--horses and the people associated with them, anyplace, anywhere, anytime. I couldn't be happier knowing that young people are reading my books. But even more important to me is that I've enjoyed so much the writing of them.

  

  Walter Farley
  • People
  • Important
  • Remember

• When I did 'Ugly Betty' it was very similar to working on 'Mad Men' - great group of people in their own little world. But I don't really see a lot of difference. Of course, on the cable shows, you can tackle subjects and be more specific, because networks have to appeal to the masses, but that's constantly changing and evolving.

  

  Bryan Batt
  • People
  • World
  • Great

• O.K., we had women's lib in the '60s, the women fought for their roles, they're out there in the work force. Now let's talk about how they're dealing with things as human beings.

  

  Kathy Bates
  • Work
  • Women
  • Force

• CBS started to confiscate our packages and mail as a safety procedure. A lot of packages that people send for the holidays and to our kids we can't open. A lot of times they are from overseas. It's very upsetting at times.

  

  Hunter Tylo
  • People
  • Kids
  • Safety

• It is not half so important to know as to feel.

  

  Rachel Carson
  • Important