“With biobanking there's just another tool available to make sure that the land we actually conserve has better biodiversity values. It's usually more contiguous. You see, just because you preserve two dozen trees at the end of a development site doesn't mean that's a great habitat.” MeanTwoEndsValuesTreeLandDevelopmentToolsAvailablePreservesDozenSiteHabitatBiodiversity Author:Frank Sartor
“As a natural process, of the same character as the development of a tree from its seed, or of a fowl from its egg, evolution excludes creation and all other kinds of supernatural intervention.” KindCharacterProcessNaturalTreeCreationDevelopmentEvolutionSeedsEggsInterventionFowl Book:The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley Source: The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley
“I find that when you read a script, or rewrite something, or look at something that's been gone over, you can tell, like rings on a tree, by how bad it is, how long it's been in development.” LooksLongGoneTreeDevelopmentScriptsRingsOver You Author:Joss Whedon
“We can be hindered in our development and our personal growth by political conditions. Outer circumstances can constrain us. Only when we are free to develop our innate abilities can we live as free beings. But we are just as much determined by inner potential and outer opportunities as the Stone Age boy on the Rhine, the lion in Africa, or the apple tree in the garden.” AgePoliticalOpportunityGrowthAbilityBoysTreeConditionsDevelopmentCircumstancesGardenStonesPersonal GrowthDeterminedApplesLionsInnateConstrainApple TreesStone Age Author:Jostein Gaarder