Systema Naturae Quotes

#1. Weed, are you familiar with the work of Carl Linnaeus? His Systema Naturae describes a classification system for all growing things."
Weed's eyes dart everywhere, probing every corner. "Unless he visited the madhouse, I never met him," he replies.

Maryrose Wood

#2. Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves?

Diane Ravitch

#3. Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.

George Herbert

#4. Trying to convey beauty in war was a technique to try to prevent the reader from looking away or turning the page in response to something horrible. I wanted them to linger, to ask questions.

Lynsey Addario

#5. Endings are never neat, because when life goes on, there is no end. You may want to speculate about what the characters get up to afterwards, but I feel it would be presumptuous of me to dictate that.

Stef Penney

#6. John Paul was the first modern pope to grow up in a secular culture: He attended public schools, danced with girls - indeed, as a teenager he had a crush on a beautiful Jewish girl who fled his hometown just ahead of the arrival of the Germans.

Carl Bernstein

#7. One may suffer the long-term in order to grow in appreciation for the small things. For in short-term suffering, one only notices the large.

Criss Jami

#8. Play hard, learn as much as I can and do what I do best. The rest will take care of itself I think.

Carmelo Anthony

#9. We have a lot of historical and religious baggage in our culture. It's ancient; we are clannish as a species. We like things to fit into boxes, and it's unfortunate because humans are unique and should be celebrated and embraced as such.

Sherri Saum

#10. Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that.

Bill Hicks

#11. By the winter of 1945-1946, the Russian peoples were being warned of the dangers from the West.

Carroll Quigley

#12. How many times had I imagined kissing her this way? A thousand nights of pent up desire were released in that kiss, and I knew right then that I would never have enough.

Eve Ferris

#13. The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.

Sam Keen