#natur

...the assessment of psychological drift, that is the way in which an undirected pedestrian tends to move about in a particular quarter of the town, tending to establish natural connections between places, the zones of influence of particular institutions and public services, and so forth. It may well be objected that these techniques are un-scientific, disorderly and too subjective, but the fact remains that the Situationists are studying the actual texture of towns and their relationship to human beings more intensively than most architects and in a more down-to-pavement manner than most town planners. ↗

— Tom McDonough

#nature

Plainly it is not every error made by a witness which affects his credibility. In each case the trier of fact has to make an evaluation; taking into account such matters as the nature of the contradictions, their number and importance, and their bearing on other parts of the witness's evidence. ↗

— H.C. Nicholas

#nature

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#beneath #effectively #humanity #latent #live

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man. ↗

— Henry Adams

#dream #law #man #nature #order

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. ↗

— Henry Adams

#education #end #human #human nature #knowledge

In the end of five years I made supplication to the king to go out of this land, desiring to see my poor wife and children according to conscience and nature. ↗

— William Adams

#children #conscience #desiring #end #five

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#nature #thing #variable

The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. You should never trifle with Nature. ↗

— Louis Agassiz

#intercourse #mind #nature #never #should

Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it. ↗

— Freddie Hubbard

#blowing #brother #everybody #fred #get

Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

#change #conversation #knock #nine-tenths #once