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For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
by Joseph Conrad (Novelist, Polish , born in 1857) keywords: accomplice, been, celebrations, certain, friendly, human, love, man, most, natures, never, object, professed, prose, restlessness, said, sea, shore , song The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.
by Joseph Conrad (Novelist, Polish , born in 1857) keywords: away, begin, devoted, humane, intelligent, just, leaders, may, movement, natures, noble, passes, revolution, scrupulous, them, unselfish , victims Human nature means that institutions at some point lose their sense of mission. That sense of vulnerability drives Pimco.
by Bill Gross (Businessman, American , born in 1944) keywords: drives, human, institutions, lose, means, natures, point, sense, some, their , vulnerability I like the tradition of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances and how they react to events which force them to be heroic in a way that is not in their natures.
by Rob Lowe (Actor, American , born in 1964) keywords: circumstances, events, extraordinary, force, heroic, how, men, natures, ordinary, react, their, them, tradition, way , which We don't invent our natures. They're issued to us along with our lungs, our pancreas and everything else.
by Michael E. Mann (Scientist, American , born in 1965) keywords: along, else, everything, invent, issued, lungs, natures, our, pancreas , us Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.
by Rollo May (Psychologist, American , born in 1909) keywords: accompanies, based, being, beings, dignity, emotion, experience, fulfilling, goal, happiness, human, identity, joy, life, natures, our, rather, than, which , worth Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.
by Peggy Noonan (Writer, American , born in 1950) keywords: beware, bright, empty, fill, hole, interesting, leaves, misshapen, missing, natures, obsessed, often, place, politically, politics, somehow, something, their, them, up , use Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.
by Francis Parkman (Historian, American , born in 1823) keywords: art, back, brought, conventionality, elements, fabric, find, here, men, natures, original, pieces, reduced, resources, rudely, society, struck, suddenly, their, themselves, wants , whole Basically, we are a whole world of people desperately trying to figure out what is the dark side of our natures and how much can we explore without becoming something else.
by William Petersen (Actor, American , born in 1953) keywords: basically, becoming, dark, desperately, else, explore, figure, how, much, natures, our, out, side, something, trying, whole, without , world Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.
by Joan Rivers (Comedian, American , born in 1933) topics: Art keywords: anything, else, lot, mix, natures, oil, our, strive, swim, top , us Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.
by Theodore Roosevelt (President, American , born in 1858) keywords: deep, done, enter, envy, greatest, harm, hatred, into, means, moderate, natures, our, ourselves, own, probably, vast, vices , wealth To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.
by Walter Scott (Novelist, Scottish , born in 1771) keywords: ambitious, glory, honor, incentive, natures, our, perfection, principle, true, very , virtue Thousands of women are crushed and made inarticulate by that system and never develop as their natures would force them to develop were they in a decent environment.
by Agnes Smedley (Journalist, American , born in 1892) keywords: crushed, decent, develop, environment, force, inarticulate, made, natures, never, system, their, them, thousands, were, women , would Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.
by Ralph W. Sockman (Leader , American) keywords: actions, appetites, automatic, bring, control, debating, dissipate, divide, energies, experiences, explore, free, good, granted, habits, larger, leave, life, lower, many, natures, our, passions, should, taken, too, under, us , which Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals "love" them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.
by Edwin Way Tealekeywords: animals, baby, live, lives, love, more, natures, normal, pet, respect, their, them, those, wild , wish I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?
by Philip Zimbardo (Psychologist, American , born in 1933) keywords: act, alien, been, dumb, evil, good, how, interested, irrational, natures, ordinary, primarily, seem, smart, sometimes, their, things, unusual , why
