Posts Related to Carolus Linnaeus

• Linnaeus

  Nature does not proceed by leaps.

• John and Brand, Josh Falsey

  You signed a contract. But much more important than that, you gave your word. And I intend to hold you to that word within the bounds of the law. If necessary, without the bounds of the law.

• Jeff Melvoin

  You think Nature is some Disney movie Nature is a killer. Nature is a bitch. It's feeding time out there 24 hours a day, every step that you take is a gamble with death. If it isn't getting hit with lightning today, it's an earthquake tomorrow or some deer tick carrying Lime disease. Either way, you're ending up on the wrong end of the food chain.

• Peggy Noonan

  I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps.

• Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.

• Vicomte de Valmont

  What then have I done What, except yield to a natural feeling, inspired by beauty, sanctioned by virtue and kept at all times within the bounds of respect. It's innocent expression prompted not by hope but by trust.

• Sydney Smith – Whatever you are by nature

  Whatever you are by nature, keep to it never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed. Sydney Smith