Quotes by Environment The main thing that we're doing is thinking we can control anything, which is the biggest false assumption we can make. I think we can figure out how to tread a lot more lightly on the environment, and we'll be a lot better off. John Flansburgh assumption environment thinking I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment, they've been about disseminating facts. But I feel like it could be productive to write something that explored directly the idea of fragility. John Flansburgh environment writing people Always we try to put the wild in a cage. John Fowles cages environment trying Some things which are remote in space and time from a living creature, especially a human creature, may form his environment even more truly than some of the things close to him. John Dewey environment space may The school has the function of coordinating within the disposition of each individual the diverse influences of the various social environments into which he enters. John Dewey environment influence school A lot of work and money has been spent on astronomy and yet we have not found life. So we are rare, and rare things tend to be fragile and you have to be careful about them John Gummer astronomy climate-change environment In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments. John Gimlette tough environment people Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies. John J. Sweeney environment tasks safe Happiness is an endowment and not an acquisition. It depends more upon temperament and disposition than environment. John James Ingalls acquisition environment happiness To be sure, we have inherited abilities, but our development we owe to thousands of influences coming from the world around us from which we appropriate what we can and what is suitable to us. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe environment development world To be an actor and a director, I actually felt it helped me tremendously to be in the scenes of The Hollars, because as you can see, they're very intimate, very intense scenes. You don't want to break the actor's character and you don't want to break their momentum, so as the actor, I tried not to call cut as much as I could, and almost make it feel like a play, just set this environment where these amazing actors could do what they wanted to do. John Krasinski environment cutting character If your a leader, do everything you can to grow yourself and create the right environment for others to grow. John C. Maxwell environment grows leader The words "environment," "medium" denote something more than surroundings which encompass an individual. They denote the specific continuity of the surroundings with his own active tendencies. John Dewey surroundings individual environment An inanimate being is, of course, continuous with its surroundings; but the environing circumstances do not, save metaphorically, constitute an environment. For the inorganic being is not concerned in the influences which affect it. John Dewey surroundings environment influence Just because life signifies not bare passive existence (supposing there is such a thing), but a way of acting, environment or medium signifies what enters into this activity as a sustaining or frustrating condition. John Dewey environment acting way Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually. John M. McHugh destroying dollars environment Much of what you do as an actor - it's who's around you, what's the environment, where do you fit into this thing. That's really work that's impossible to do on your own, at least for me. I find it hard to pre-plan every element of everything I do. It's not my thing. John Malkovich fit environment impossible If operating in a network environment, do not place public domain or shareware programs in a common file-server directory that could be accessible to any other PC on the network. John McAfee program environment common A good environment certainly makes it easier to grow. But whether you’re in a good environment or not, you can learn and improve where you are. John C. Maxwell where-you-are easier environment Human learning is a very aggressive style in its native state. I am not sure why, though it is a very useful trait in an unstable, unpredictable living environment. John Medina environment style states «1415161718192021222324»
