Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time. H. P. Lovecraft ancientdreamfreight Change image and share on social
Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us. Stephen King americanapocalypticdeadly Change image and share on social
We imagine that human nature doesn't change. We like to say that but I don't think it's true because we have, in the course of the centuries, altered ourselves. Theodore Zeldin altercenturychange Change image and share on social
It is not accidental that all phenomena of human life are dominated by the search for daily bread - the oldest link connecting all living things, man included, with the surrounding nature. Ivan Pavlov accidentalbreadconnect Change image and share on social
Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. Pliny the Elder audacityboldchallenge Change image and share on social
How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature. Clyde Tombaugh colorflowergreat share on social
It is hard to rationalise or explain why you love what you love. But I have always been interested in science and maths, and in high school I was struck that you could use maths to understand nature and science. Serge Haroche explainhardhigh share on social
The power of the web is not in centralization; it's not in closed systems or anything like that. It's in its open nature, and that's what allowed it to flourish for the first 10 or 15 years. Matt Mullenweg allowcentralizationclose Change image and share on social
To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature. Max Beerbohm destroyinstinctnature Change image and share on social
For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death. Tom McMillan beatconquerdeath Change image and share on social
