Gerald Graff Hidden Intellectualism Quotes & Sayings

The noble science of Geology loses glory from the extreme imperfection of the record. The crust of the earth with its embedded remains must not be looked at as a well-filled museum, but as a poor collection made at hazard and at rare intervals. — Charles Darwin

We are monumentally distracted by a pervasive technological culture that appears to have a life of its own, one that insists on our full attention, continually seducing us and pulling us away from the opportunity to experience directly the true meaning of our own lives. — Al Gore

I know when I've been playing a lot of golf it takes me a while to get back into cricket again. It's not so much the different shape of the swings, more the fact that you are stationary when you hit a golf ball. In cricket you have to move forward or back, which is an instinctive timing thing. — Ricky Ponting

Almost all the world is natural chemicals, so it really makes you re-think everything. A cup of coffee is filled with chemicals. They've identified a thousand chemicals in a cup of coffee. But we only found 22 that have been tested in animal cancer tests out of this thousand. And of those, 17 are carcinogens. There are ten milligrams of known carcinogens in a cup of coffee and thats more carcinogens than you're likely to get from pesticide residues for a year! — Bruce Ames

Is there no spiritual leader during this decline - no one to chastise the sinners and bring hope to the disheartened? Although — Anonymous

No Son [ ... ] Not a traitor to your country. Much worse. A traitor to your soul. — Ruta Sepetys

Don't talk to me about other worlds, separate realities, lost continents or invisible realms
I know where I belong. Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now. — Edward Abbey