Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone? Herman Melville on nature
In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope. Henri Matisse on nature
Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations. Horace Walpole on nature
I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature. David Attenborough on nature
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with. Giacomo Casanova on nature
What I'm attempting to do is to show people that if I can spend some time with very dangerous spiders and snakes and scorpions, then maybe they'll feel different about the spiders and snakes they find around their areas. I don't need people to keep them as pets. I just like them to be respectful and see that everything in nature has its place. Dominic Monaghan on nature
It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door. David Hackworth on nature
I used to be such a militant city-ist, but more and more I've seen forests and nature and oceans, and I don't know any more if this is the awesomest way to live. Regina Spektor on nature
There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical. John Mayer on nature
Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film. David Duchovny on nature
I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something I think that's human nature. David Duchovny on nature
We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing. Georg C. Lichtenberg on nature
A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! Henry Fielding on nature
What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others. Georg C. Lichtenberg on nature
The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism. Georg C. Lichtenberg on nature
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. Auguste Rodin on nature
I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal. Jacqueline Bisset on nature
It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination. Adam Weishaupt on nature
No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal. Joni Mitchell on nature