#lan

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#after #cannot #devoid #done #either

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#dictate #either #extent #increasing #languages

There isn't a single windmill owner in Holland who doesn't have a second job, for when there is no wind. ↗

— Johnny Ball

#job #owner #second #single #who

There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#beneath #land #magnitude #more #orders

The threads of malice creeping toward him from Beloved's side of the table were held harmless in the warmth of Sethe's smile. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#imagery #beauty

I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views. ↗

— Duane G. Carey

#coming #earth #forward #i #landing

If you're going to be alive and on this planet, you have to, like, suck the marrow out of every day and get the most out of it. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#day #every #every day #get #going

Someone once said that life is what happens while we are making other plans. I now know what that means. ↗

— Charlie Bell

#i #know #life #making #means

I have a character failing. I am quite incapable of identifying with anything whole-heartedly. Whatever I am doing, I am always planning to do something else. I would rather travel than arrive. ↗

— Stephen Bayley

#am #anything #arrive #character #doing

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#godliness #landscape #next #precision