Living On The Edge

All men by nature desire to know. - Aristotle

Nature to be commanded must be obeyed. - Francis Bacon

A father is a banker provided by nature. - French Proverb

Treehouses are the ultimate return to nature. - Pete Nelson

Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. - Mark Twain

Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. - William Wordsworth

The earth has its music for those who will listen. - George Santayana

Air pollution is turning Mother Nature prematurely gray. - Irv Kupcinet

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. - Yoko Ono

Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better. - Ricky Gervais

In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous. - Aristotle

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. - John Muir

Every film is a puzzle really, from an editorial point of view. - Walter Murch

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. - John Ruskin

A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view. - Wilma Askinas

Nature seems to have implanted gratitude in all living creatures. - Samuel Johnson

Drive slow and enjoy the scenery. Drive fast and join the scenery. - Douglas Horton

The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it. - Dudley Moore

Ugliness is a point of view; an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist. - Austin O'Malley

A really well made buttonhole is the only link between art and nature. - Oscar Wilde

Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature? - Charles Baudelaire

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. - Walter Winchell

Study nature. Love nature. Stay close to nature. It will never fail you. - Frank Lloyd Wright

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. - John Kenneth Galbraith

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. - John Burroughs

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. - John Steinbeck

Making mistakes reveals human nature. How one deals with them reveals character. - Unknown

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures. - Henry Ward Beecher

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. - Ingrid Bergman

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. - Blaise Pascal

Art is the right hand of nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. - Friedrich Schiller

The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour. - James H. Jeans

I think Nature's imagination is so much greater than man's, she's never gonna let us relax! - Richard P Feynman

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. - Plato

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful. - Alice Walker

And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for the soul, when it is terror in the face of a noble object. - Robertson Davies

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. - Joseph Addison

When you are called to a sick man, be sure you know what the matter is — if you do not know, nature can do a great deal better than you can guess. - Nicholas de Belleville