Best 1347 quotes in «natural quotes» category

I am not a natural dancer.

I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist.

I am sure that few successful men are so-called 'natural geniuses.'

I assert that, in any particular natural science, one encounters genuine scientific substance only to the extent that mathematics is present.

I began to stack my sculptures into an environment. It was natural. It was a flowing of energy.

I believe that proving is not a natural activity for mathematicians.

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.

I can survive setbacks, I've survived a lot of setbacks in my life. I don't see them as anything other than the natural ebb and flow of life and politics.

I can't act. I simply must be myself, do the things that seem natural to me. When I get with a director who wants me to act, I'll be lost.

I can't tell them what to do!" "Why not?" the other girl demanded. "Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority, I just don't know what I'll do with you.

I consider myself a natural optimist. I like the dark side of things.

I continually find it necessary to guard against that natural love of wealth and grandeur which prompts us always, when we come to apply our general doctrine to our own case, to claim an exception.

Idealization of a group is a natural consequence of separation from the group; in other words, it is a by-product of alienation.

I could not imagine that we should make much of an effort to preserve remainders of natural beauty in conquered Poland.

I do have a natural sense for business, which I think I get from my Dad.

I definitely like to be natural and more relaxed and not wear a lot of makeup.

I defy any newcomer not to believe his or her publicity at the very beginning. It's only natural. At least it was for me.

I don't believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.

I do not intend that our natural resources shall be exploited by the few against the interests of the many.

I do not believe there is a natural resource economics. I believe there is good economics and bad economics.

I do not say correct or savory. I do not say seemly or even natural. I say serious. Sensationally serious. Unspeakably serious. Solemnly, recklessly, blissfully serious.

I don't expect to retire. Every man must work, that's his natural destiny.

I don't think it's good to say that you won't do certain things, but I don't necessarily have the natural urge to write.

I don't fret much about the natural life spans of shoe companies. If stores don't do the right things, they cease to exist, and that doesn't trouble me at all.

I don't know how much of a natural human I am. Y'know, the truth is, I never set out to do that, and I don't think of myself like that. I don't think like that. It's not really about promotion - I don't really understand the idea of promotion, talking to a camera for more money. That's just money. And I like money, don't get me wrong. I don't know. I don't get it. I don't understand it as much as you don't understand me, I think.

I don't know my natural hair colour. I haven't seen it for a while.

I don't really understand the natural world, I admire it and am a little bit afraid of its power.

I don't think the human effect [of climate change] is significant compared to the natural effect.

I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.

I don't use no cologne, none of that. I just use cocoa butter and that's it. Everything I need is natural besides going to the shower and taking soap and shampoo and conditioner.

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.

I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

I feel blessed to have had such a background, where animals, food raising, harvesting and canning were a natural part of life.

I fear that, with our current veneration for the natural and the real, we have arrived at the opposite pole to all idealism, and have landed in the region of the waxworks.

If I'm out shopping and someone talks to me, I get startled, as I'm not a natural celebrity.

I feel like we as human beings are trampling all over the natural world, but at the same time, we are totally in its power.

I feel I belong in the movie business and I belong in the security business. It's a natural for me.

I find having a column a very difficult form of journalism. I'm not a natural like Tom Friedman and Anna Quindlen.

I find it vulgar that people are so fascinated by natural disasters, and we allow footage of young people that are looting because they have no choice because of natural disaster.

I find it hard to understand why Scorsese has never called. You know, given the natural menace I bring to the screen.

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

If I win, it's because of my natural ability and if I lose, it's because I wasn't trying so hard.

If some hole does not possess striking individuality through some gift of nature, it must be given as much as possible artificially, and the artifice must be introduced in so subtle a manner as to make it seem natural.

If photography is to be likened to perception, this is not because the former is a natural process but because the latter is also coded.

If racism can't be shown to be natural then it is the result of certain conditions, and we are impelled to eliminate those conditions.

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.

If the organisms in a species now have trait T, and this trait now helps those organisms to survive and reproduce because the trait has effect E, a natural hypothesis to consider is that T evolved in the lineage leading to those current organisms because T had effect E. This hypothesis is "natural," but it often isn't true!

If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.

If wells are constructed right and operated right, hydraulic fracturing will not cause a problem. … Our natural gas supplies would plummet precipitously without hydraulic fracturing.

If you ask me:"An openly homosexual teacher can work as a teacher? I say no. (...) I'll not do anything to discriminate you, but I'll also not do anything to put your type of relationship on the same level of the natural family.