“I spent more hours than I can count a quiet witness to the highly mannered, manifold expressions of life that grace our planet. It is something so bright, loud, weird and delicate as to stupefy the senses.” I CanEarthHoursGracePlanetsExpressionQuietSensesWitnessLoudDelicateOur PlanetManifold Book:Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition Source: Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition
“I can't get used to the ease with which one covers the world today. It's no longer an effort--Pole--equator--oceans--continents--it's just a question of which way you point the nose of your plane. The pure joy of flight as an art has given way to the pure efficiency of flight as a science.... Science is insulating man from life -- separating his mind from his senses. The worst of it is that it soon anaesthetizes his senses so that he doesn't know what he's missing.” KnowsMenWorldWayMindArtI CanTodayUsedJoyGivenEffortWorstMissingPureOceanSensesFlightPlanesEaseNosesContinentsEfficiencyWorld TodaySeparatingPure JoyEquator Author:Charles Lindbergh
“I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences Don't fence me in” WantLooksI CanLosesMoonWestSensesFenceRidges Author:Cole Porter
“And all the world is football-shaped It's just for me to kick in space And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'tween a lemon and a lime Pain and pleasure and the church bells softly chime.” WorldTryingI CanTwoPainThreeDifferencesChurchSpacePleasureFiveFourFootballTasteSmellSensesKicksBellsLemonsFive SensesLimesChimesTweensChurch Bells Author:Andy Partridge