Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left. Oliver Wendell Holmes
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature that is to say, of his own life. Thomas Hobbes
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. Lord Chesterfield
Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home. John Dewey
Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. Antonio Gaudi
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if the simplest things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. Eleanora Duse
In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business. Dave Barry
The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful. Noam Chomsky
I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid. Lady Gaga
Support by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the rope gives to a hanged man. Nikita Khrushchev
It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day. Frank B. Kellogg
The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone. Mick Jagger
In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature. Taylor Swift
Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! Oliver Goldsmith
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult. Jacques Yves Cousteau
Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured. Paul Cezanne
Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors. Paul Cezanne
We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature. Paul Cezanne
I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature. Paul Cezanne