Tinbergen 4 Quotes & Sayings

Proper stance and movement are obviously genetically old, environment-resistant behaviours. Misuse, with all its psychosomatic or, rather, somato-psychic consequences, must therefore be considered a result of modern living conditions - of a culturally determined stress. — Nikolaas Tinbergen

Love was like death that way. — Paul Russell

Whenever a gentle pressure is used to make a slight change in leg posture, the neck muscles react immediately. Conversely, when the therapist helps one to 'release' the neck muscles, it is amazing to see quite pronounced movements for instance of the toes, even when one is lying on a couch. — Nikolaas Tinbergen

One day the photograph is going to become even more important than it is now ... But I am not particularly an advocate of the photograph. — Robert Smithson

The majority of autists - as well as their parents - seem to be genuine victims of environmental stress. — Nikolaas Tinbergen

As a boy, I had two small aquaria in our backyard in which I watched, each spring, the nest building and other fascinating behaviours of sticklebacks. — Nikolaas Tinbergen

Poor light," he said. "Three bloody years at f8, if you ask me. — Terry Pratchett

Here we meet a very important feature. It would seem as if this were circular reasoning; profits fell because investment fell, and investment fell because profits fell. - Jan Tinbergen,5 Jan Tinbergen, — Donella H. Meadows

Adversity refined a man like gold. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If there are two feelings, then I don't think you can put them in separate compartments ever, because one is a part of the other and inseparable. — Winston Graham

Nico Tinbergen was my doctoral supervisor, and he was a benign, avuncular sort of influence; everybody loved him. — Richard Dawkins

Lorenz was the charismatic, flamboyant thinker - he didn't conduct a single statistical analysis in his life - while Tinbergen did the nitty-gritty of actual data collection. — Frans De Waal

Myra Breckenridge is the antithesis of sex symbol. She's revolutionary; she's a warrior. — Raquel Welch

program." "If I'm wrong, I'll expel myself." I hate you. "Thank you. Thank you very — Jill Cox Vogt

I can hear the roar of women's silence — Thomas Sankara

And the sweetest, spellbound feeling spilling from her heart. — Lauren Kate

That's not the point. The point is, he's a fool who won't give up on you. — Rainbow Rowell

Whatever your sexual orientation, whatever your ethnicity, whatever your age or personal experience, it is my hope you will find a hero somewhere here you can relate to, that speaks to the world as you see it. Even better: there is a good chance you will find some heroes who are deeply, fundamentally different from yourself. I don't have much patience with readers who yearn to explore incredible worlds and mind-bending situations but grow cold at the idea of imagining their way into different political ideas, different faiths, a different gender, a different skin, a different life. — Joe Hill

Relatively many autists are first-born children. There is also a pretty widespread conviction that the parents of autists are somehow different - for instance, many of them are very serious people or people who are themselves under some sort of strain. — Nikolaas Tinbergen

I was not much interested in school, and both at secondary school and at university, I only just scraped through, with as little effort as I judged possible without failing. — Nikolaas Tinbergen

From the other side of the hill, two enormous black wings appeared through the mist. Then a pair of sharp, twisted horns. Slowly, Maleficent rose into the air, looking like a creature from hell. Behind her, there was only mist. No army of her own. No faeries or creatures. Just Maleficent. — Elizabeth Rudnick

I can do no more than characterise, and recommend, the Alexander treatment as an extremely sophisticated form of rehabilition, or rather of re-deployment, of the entire muscular equipment, and through that of many other organs. Compared with this, many types of physiotherapy which are now in general use look surprisingly crude and restricted in their effect - and sometimes even harmful to the rest of the body. — Nikolaas Tinbergen

I don't want to be some skinny mini with my tits out. I really don't want to do it and I don't want people confusing what it is that I'm about. — Adele

Much smoke has been seen, and caused great fear of fire - even when no fire ensued. — Idries Shah