Natural Quotes - Page 39

The magistrates of whom Paul wrote were natural, ungodly, persecuting, and yet lawful magistrates, to be obeyed in all lawful civil things.

Some of us have the good fortune of some type of natural gift, whether it's playing tennis or painting or writing.

I'm not a natural songwriter.

Planning is as natural to the process of success as its absence is to the process of failure.

I love watching people improve it is a natural thing for me to do.

In his exciting debut novel, Jerel Law transports readers to a place where supernatural forces of good and evil collide. Young readers will be entertained and inspired by Spirit Fighter. I heartily recommend it.

That natural selection can produce changes within a type is disputed by no one, not even the staunchest creationist. But that it can transform one species into another — that, in fact, has never been observed.

If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from.

I am not a natural dancer.

I just rely on natural talent," said Adrian, strolling up to the start of the Dragon's Lair. "When you have such a wealth of it to draw from, the danger comes from having too much.

As the young spend less of their lives in natural surroundings, their senses narrow, physiologically and psychologically and this reduces the richness of human experience we need contact with nature.

Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection.

Time and again, my sociobiological colleagues have upbraided me as a turncoat, because I will not agree with them that the ultimate criterion for the success of a meme must be its contribution to Darwinian "fitness". At bottom, they insist, a "good meme" spreads because brains are receptive to it, and the receptiveness of brains is ultimately shaped by (genetic) natural selection.

We should learn to understand natural selection, so that we can oppose any tendency to apply it to human politics.

Large swaths of what we now regard as basic medical knowledge came originally from naturalists.

I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.

While it's a fact that a voice begins with natural talent, any talent must be nurtured, cajoled, wrestled with pampered, challenged, and, at every turn, examined.

History is a realm in which human freedom and natural necessity are curiously intermingled.

There are disasters that are entirely manmade, but none that are entirely natural.

We have an exceptional natural wealth that is environmentally friendly.

Well, I'm not a natural gym person myself, anyway.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

Social situations, for me - it's very natural for me to be an observer. That's where I'm most comfortable. I observe things.

Natural selection involves no plan, no goal, and no direction — just genes increasing and decreasing in frequency depending on whether individuals with those genes have, relative to other individuals, greater or lesser reproductive success.

If the incentives are aligned right - towards better preservation and restoration of nature and natural resources - then you'll see a tremendous amount of activity in that direction.