“Bird taxonomy is a difficult field because of the severe anatomical constraints imposed by flight. There are only so many ways to design a bird capable, say, of catching insects in mid-air, with the result that birds of similar habitats tend to have very similar anatomies, whatever their ancestry. For example, American vultures look and behave much like Old World vultures, but biologists have come to realize that the former are related to storks, the latter to hawks, and that their resemblances result from their common lifestyle.” WorldWayLooksDifficultRealizingResultsCommonAirExampleDesignFieldsEvolutionCapableBirdLifestyleFlightFormerBehaveRelatedLatterSevereInsectsCatchingConstraintsAncestryAnatomyResemblanceHawksBiologistHabitatOld WorldVultureTaxonomyStorks Author:Jared Diamond
“After visits to several Communist countries (USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, East Germany, Vietnam, China, Cuba), I feel strongly that most "revolutionary" types around the world don't realize the importance of freedom of the press and the air, a right to peaceably assemble and discuss anything, including the dangers of such discussions.” WorldFeelsCountryRealizingAirDangerTypeImportancePressesIncludingChinaEastAround The WorldDiscussionRevolutionaryGermanyCommunistVietnamCubaPolandFreedom Of The PressUssrCzechoslovakiaEast Germany Author:Pete Seeger
“September is a sweep of dusky, purple asters, a sumac branch swinging a fringe of scarlet leaves, and the bittersweet scene of wild grapes when I walk down the lane to the mailbox. September is a golden month of mellow sunlight and still clear days. ... Small creatures in the grass, as if realizing their days are numbered, cram the night air with sound. Everywhere goldenrod is full out.” IfsStillsNightSoundRealizingWalksClearAirMonthsSceneCreaturesGoldenGrassBranchesSunlightSeptemberPurpleFringeGrapesLanesBittersweetScarletMellowMailboxesSmall CreaturesAstersClear DayGoldenrod Author:Jean Hersey
“God's beneficence streams out from the morning sun, and his love looks down upon us from the starry eyes of midnight. It is his solicitude that wraps us in the air, and the pressure of his hand, so to speak, that keeps our pulses beating. O! it is a great thing to realize that the Divine Power is always working; that nature, in every valve and every artery, is full of the presence of God.” LooksGodHandsEyeSpeakRealizingMorningSunAirDivinePressureGreat ThingsStreamsMidnightHis LoveWrapsPulsePresence Of GodDivine PowerArteriesAlways WorkingValveSolicitudeBeneficenceMorning Sun Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“Once you grow accustomed to being famous, you do not realize it, but you are never quite your humble, honest self. No matter how tightly you keep the lid on, there is some watered stock of vanity inside. You are always in danger of the thing's coming off and of giving yourself an air or two. No man or woman was ever so distinguished that this exhibition did not make him ridiculous, especially to those of meaner minds.” MenGivingMindTwoSelfMatterGrowsRealizingAirHonestDangerFameHumbleRidiculousVanityAccustomedNever QuitDistinguishedExhibitionsBeing FamousGiving Yourself Author:Corra May Harris
“You know that the air and water are being polluted, as is everything we touch and live with, and we go on corrupting the nature that we need. We don't realize we have a commitment to God to take care of nature. To cut down a tree, to waste water when there is so much lack of it, to let buses poison our atmosphere with those noxious fumes from their exhausts, to burn rubbish haphazardly-all that concerns our alliance with God.” KnowsNeedsCareWaterRealizingCuttingAirTreeGoes OnWasteCommitmentConcernEnvironmentalTake CareAtmospherePoisonBusPollutionAlliancesCommitment To GodRubbishAir And Water Author:Oscar Romero
“I want to be like the air. The good-hearted person whose kindness overflows and people realize how important she was to them, once she is gone. I want to be that kind of person.” PeopleWantKindPersonsImportantRealizingKindnessGoneAirHeartedOverflowGood Hearted Author:Aya Kito
“Very few people realize the damage even one mercury vapor light can inflict on birds, air quality and human sleep patterns. It a serious problem that is rapidly growing and it will take all of us to take action before we see results.” PeopleHumansProblemLightActionRealizingSleepResultsQualityGrowingAirSeriousBirdPatternsDamageMercuryVaporAir Quality Author:Will Young
“It constantly amazes me that men and women wander the earth marveling at the highest mountains, the deepest ocean, the whitest sands, the most exotic islands, the most intriguing birds of the air and fish of the sea - and all the time never stop to marvel at themselves and realize their infinite potential as human beings.” MenHumansEarthRealizingHuman BeingsAirSeaMountainOceanHighestBirdMen And WomenInfiniteCatholicFishesWanderIslandsSandExoticIntriguingInfinite PotentialMarveling Book:The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday With Passion and Purpose Source: The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday With Passion and Purpose
“If we don't preserve forest habitat for spotted owls, then soon we won't have trees to refresh the air we breathe. And we're realizing that this applies to social ecology, as well.” IfsWellsSocialRealizingAirTreeBreatheForestsPreservesEcologyOwlHabitat Author:Sam Keen
“Most people don't realize that when we violate the natural order of things when we pollute the air, when we pollute the water, we are destroying mother nature and that's a violent act. If we don't first and foremost come to some peaceful terms, none of us are going to be able to survive.” PeopleIfsFirstsAbleMotherOrderTermWaterRealizingNaturalAirViolentPeacefulDestroyingMother NatureNatural OrderViolent Acts Author:Cathy Hughes
“I used to be surprised and a little annoyed when characters would reappear in my mind, itching to be in another story. Now I realize it's part of the deal, that you create these people out of thin air but then, if you do it right, they actually live.” PeopleIfsMindLittlesCharacterStoriesUsedRealizingDealsAirUsed To BeAnnoyedThin AirItching Author:Peter Orner
“Sometimes when reading aloud to my husband, I'll start crying. It completely stuns me. As if the words in my body and on the page - in relation to each other - are cocooned against my own feelings about what I'm writing until they're loosed in the air and become their own. Then I realize what I may or may not have done.” IfsWritingMaySometimesDoneFeelingsBodyReadingRealizingMy OwnAirCryHusbandPagesRelationMy HusbandReading Aloud Author:Julianna Baggott
“People have to realize that the air we breathe and the water we drink come from the ocean and will go back to the ocean one way or another, no matter how far away we may be from it. It's a perpetual cycle.” PeopleWayMayMatterWaterRealizingAirDrinkOceanBreatheOne WayCyclesPerpetualFar Away Author:Walter Munk
“You start to realize connections between experiences and things that push your buttons, and things that have touched you in those vulnerable areas and what-have-you. And they form a little collection over time - at least I do - and as time progresses and new things are learned, you kind of sift through those things until they're air or danceable, you know? But they start as this thing that's either too hard or too soft to dance to.” KnowsKindLittlesHardFormRealizingProgressAirAreasConnectionsVulnerableCollectionsTouchedNew ThingsButtons Author:Saul Williams