Home / Quotes / Quote by James Lovelock

Quote by James Lovelock

“It is foolish to think that we can explain science as it evolves, rationally and consciously. We have to use the crude tool of metaphor to translate conscious ideas into unconscious understanding.”

Quote by James Lovelock

Book:We Belong to Gaia

Work

We Belong to Gaia

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

James Lovelock is a renowned British earth scientist, best known for his Gaia hypothesis. Born on July 26, 1919, he is a versatile scientist who has worked in fields such as meteorology, oceanography, and chemistry. more

You May Also Like

“We burn to give others light, you and I.”

Thinking Metaphor Reflective

Book:The Cycle of Eden: The Young Revolution

Source: The Cycle of Eden: The Young Revolution

“Those who have never approached their bodies as temples have no idea of what they are missing. The frog at the bottom of the well sees only a fraction of light and believes it to be the whole sky.”

Body Perspective Metaphor

Book:On the Warrior's Path: Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology

Source: On the Warrior's Path: Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology

“Es un agujero. Es lo que queda cuando yo termino. Y, a veces, los agujeros quieren crecer, hacerse más grandes, pero Baz estaba equivocado: a veces sólo quieren que los llenen.”

Book:Carry On

Source: Carry On

“Metaphor: «Dicen que cuando encanecen los afanes con la senectud, es allá donde emerge la prontitud, la del desafuero repentino, donde todo yace en un ayer tan distante e incomprendido» Meaning: Sugiere que cuando las preocupaciones de la vida se vuelven menos urgentes con la edad avanzada, puede surgir una sensación de urgencia y desenfreno repentino. Todo lo que sucedió en el pasado puede parecer distante e incomprensible.”

Book:Herodías

Source: Herodías

“Do not leave people feeling the same. Add value to their lives in such a way that they will never forget your face. That is a simple way to reach the table of success and earn your place.”

Success Life Lessons Quotes Gift Gugu Mona Quotes Gift Gugu Mona Philosophy Gift Gugu Mona Library Gift Gugu Mona Book Club Value Wisdom Nuggets Gift Gugu Mona Musings

Book:The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success

Source: The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success

“Romeo and Juliet was basically on some gang shit. You could say she was a Queen Lord, and he was a GD. They went out on their own terms like some straight-up Gs.”

Metaphor Gang Romeo And Juliet Gangs Concrete Rose Queen Lord

Book:Concrete Rose

Source: Concrete Rose

“The gambler who adheres to the rules of the Casino in their gambling endeavors will always succumb to defeat at the hands of the Casino.”

Philosophy Metaphor Thinking Outside The Box

Author:Jesaja Senones

“At its best, skiing distills life to one run at a time, a two-thousand foot burn from top-to-bottom--the world becomes a single mountainside-- your tracks behind you, your past, and the untracked snow ahead your future with the endless possibilities of trees, bumps, cliffs, and groomers. Each chairlift ride is resurrection.”

Metaphor Reflective

Book:Ski Bum

Source: Ski Bum

“I could be martyr’d for my Religion — Love is my religion — I could die for that — I could die for you.”

Love Religion Metaphor

Author:John Keats

“The fact of it is nothing to do with seeing it happen—it’s not gasps and blood and falling about—that isn’t what makes it death. It’s just a man failing to reappear, that’s all—now you see him, now you don’t, that’s the only thing that’s real: here one minute and gone the next and never coming back—an exist, unobtrusive and unannounced, a disappearance gathering weight as it goes on, until, finally, it is heavy with death.”

Death Acting Metaphor

Book:Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Source: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead