#place

Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#consequences #ecology #every #every time #example

Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character, to think about why it's happening, to notice how it's affecting us and others. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#actions #affecting #begin #carefully #character

If you want a place in the sun, you have to expect a few blisters. ↗

— Loretta Young

#expect #few #place #sun #want

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places. ↗

— Henny Youngman

#doctor #going #i #leg #me

Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed and displaced, images, impressions, facts which have deeply moved me. ↗

— Alberto Giacometti

#constructed #deeply #discover #displaced #facts

Unlike then, the mail stream of today has diminished by such things as e-mails and faxes and cell phones and text messages, largely electronic means of communication that replace mail. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#cell phones #communication #diminished #e-mails #electronic

We're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond. ↗

— Kathie Lee Gifford

#get #imperfect #people #perfect people #perfect world

But I just wonder what it would be like to be able to go places without people recognizing me. ↗

— Sara Gilbert

#go #i #just #like #me

The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance. ↗

— Walter Gilbert

#evolution #human #inheritance #our #place

I love out-of-the-way, rugged places. For me, holidays are about the experiences, and the people, and the memories, rather than sitting on a nice beach getting tanned. I try to plant myself where I am and embrace what is there in front of me. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#am #beach #embrace #experiences #front