“If you listen to the urban speech patterns there you'll find it's quite characteristic that a sentence will begin in one language, go through a second language and end in a third. It's the very playful, very natural result of juggling languages. You are always reaching for the most appropriate phrase.” IfsEndsLanguageNaturalResultsSpeechThirdsIndiaPatternsSentencesPhrasesCharacteristicsReachingAppropriateUrbanJuggling Author:Salman Rushdie
“Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.” ArtistNaturalBirdCharacteristicsButterflySoar Author:Alma Gluck
“My grandmother refused to concede that any member of the family died of natural causes. An uncle's cancer in middle age occurred because all the suitcases fell off the luggage rack onto him when he was in his teens, and so forth. Death was an acquired characteristic.” AgeCausesNaturalMiddleMembersDiedCancerCharacteristicsGrandmotherTeensUnclesMy GrandmotherMiddle AgesSuitcasesRacksLuggage Book:Speedboat Source: Speedboat
“A tendency to resume the same mode of action at stated times is peculiarly the characteristic of the nervous system; and on this account regularity is of great consequence in exercising the moral and intellectual power. All nervous diseases have a marked tendency to observe regular periods; and the natural inclination to sleep at the approach of night is another instance of the same fact.” FactsActionNightNaturalSleepMoralHabitPeriodsExerciseDiseaseApproachIntellectualConsequenceAccountsTendenciesInstanceNervousCharacteristicsInclinationNervous SystemResumesRegularity Author:George Combe
“As to scenery (giving my own thought and feeling), while I know the standard claim is that Yosemite, Niagara Falls, the Upper Yellowstone and the like afford the greatest natural shows, I am not so sure but the prairies and plains, while less stunning at first sight, last longer, fill the esthetic sense fuller, precede all the rest, and make North America's characteristic landscape.” KnowsGivingFirstsShowsFeelingsLastsAmericaFallNaturalMy OwnStandardsSightClaimsLandscapeCharacteristicsSceneryStunningNorth AmericaThoughts And FeelingsPrairieYosemiteNiagaraYellowstoneNiagara Falls Book:Specimen Days & Collect Source: Specimen Days & Collect
“Let me put it more precisely: The ability to give birth is a natural characteristic. In the same way, everybody can grasp philosophical truths if they just use their innate reason.” IfsWayGivingReasonUseNaturalAbilityBirthLet MePhilosophicalCharacteristicsInnate Author:Jostein Gaarder
“The most vitally characteristic fact about mathematics is, in my opinion, its quite peculiar relationship to the natural sciences, or more generally, to any science which interprets experience on a higher than purely descriptive level.” FactsNaturalLevelsOpinionHigherMathematicsCharacteristicsPeculiarNatural Science Book:The Neumann Compendium Source: The Neumann Compendium