Pentatonic Scales Quotes & Sayings

Not only was the theory of evolution not invented by Darwin himself; it wasn't invented by his Enlightenment predecessors either. It was invented by Epicurus (looking back to Democritus and others) and popularized by Lucretius. It wasn't and isn't a new, modern discovery. It is simply one part of one ancient worldview. — N. T. Wright

We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us. — W. Somerset Maugham

I gasp, because Isn't that just exactly what I've been doing too: writing poems and scattering them to the winds with the same hope as Gram that someone, someday, somewhere might understand who I am, who my sister was, and what happened to us. — Jandy Nelson

In many homes, technology meant to illuminate the mind ends up only illuminating the living room. — Joe Dilley

Agility is the ability to balance flexibility and stability — Jim Highsmith

Someone had tried to warn me of the kind of catastrophe that is likely to occur when you involve yourself too closely in one of those destinies that is ringed around by the transient tinsel of human applause. — Mary Deasy

I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me! — Sally Field

As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but I sometimes wonder if we'll survive our own ingenuity. — Diane Ackerman