Captain Toad Quotes & Sayings

I think moralistic science is bad for morals and bad for science. — Steven Pinker

A rebel can be a miserable and contemptible man; but there is nothing contemptible in a revolt as such - and to be a rebel in view of contemporary society does not in itself lower the value of a man. There are even cases in which one might have to honour a rebel,because he finds something in our society against which war ought to be waged - he wakens us from our slumber. — Friedrich Nietzsche

In Bangladesh alone, tens of millions are expected to have to flee from low-lying plains in coming years because of sea level rise and more severe weather, creating a migrant crisis that will make today's pale in significance. With considerable justice, Bangladesh's leading climate scientist says that "These migrants should have the right to move to the countries from which all these greenhouse gases are coming. Millions should be able to go to the United States." And to the other rich countries that have grown wealthy while bringing about a new geological era, the Anthropocene, marked by radical human transformation of the environment. — Chomsky Noam

Astute observers of corporate balance sheets are often the first to see business deterioration — Benjamin Graham

Prayer is all-powerful. Let us use it to bring peace to the Middle East and peace to the world. — Pope Francis

His words remind me of the strange whispers that have accompanied my illusions - something dark and vengeful, tempting and powerful. A weight presses on my chest. I am afraid. Intrigued. — Marie Lu

Natural inclinations are assisted and reinforced by education, but they are hardly ever altered or overcome. — Michel De Montaigne

Doubt is the first step towards knowledge, not faith. — Nawal El Saadawi

I would like you to show me, if you can, where the line can be drawn between an organism and it's environment. The environment is in you. It's passing through you. You're breathing it in and out. You and every other creature. — Wendell Berry

Beauty is in the eye of the Creator. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

A state of equality is perhaps less elevated, but it is more just; and its justice constitutes its greatness and beauty. — Alexis De Tocqueville

When I knew what I had to do / I took all my notebooks, all my manuscripts / and ate them page by page / so I could take my words with me — Nicole Blackman

Like one kissed by a goddess in a dream, he walked on air; and, while one is walking on air, it is easy to overlook the boulders in the path. — P.G. Wodehouse