Quotes About Man Conquering Nature

#1. I am an affirmative action hire.

Anna Quindlen

#2. It is good and very grand to conquer external nature, but grander still to conquer our internal nature ... This conquering of the inner man, understanding the secrets of the subtle workings that are within the human mind, and knowing its wonderful secrets, belong entirely to religion.

Swami Vivekananda

#3. I can't think of one person who is on TV who isn't vain. It's the nature of the beast. If you are on TV then you have a vanity, for sure. Just admit it! Why not?

Simon Cowell

#4. A man defines
himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.

Albert Camus

#5. My home is a place of unconditional belonging, which is part of its pleasure, part of its pain - as Robert Frost wrote, home is Something you somehow haven't to deserve.

Gretchen Rubin

#6. I rent houses in LA when I'm filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to be with people. I'm not a beach bunny.

Kathleen Turner

#7. I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.

Nancy Pelosi

#8. I wanted blood to signify life, not death.

Cheryl Drake Harris

#9. It's the hurt business, it's boxing. We're there to get it in.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

#10. A more capable cat is never impressed by a less capable cat.

Jim Butcher

#11. However, he was happy. He felt he was conquering nature. He laughed aloud. He felt he was stronger than the elements. In this type of weather animals hid in their holes and did not come out. He was out, fighting the elements. He was a man, master of the world.

Jack London