“All Nature bristles with the marks of interrogation-among the grass and the petals of flowers, amidst the feathers of birds and the hairs of mammals, on mountain and moorland, in sea and sky-everywhere. It is one of the joys of life to discover those marks of interrogation, these unsolved and half-solved problems and try to answer their questions.” LifeTryingProblemScienceJoyNatureAnswersHalfSeaSkyFlowerHairMountainBirdMarkGrassFeathersJoy Of LifePetalsMammalsInterrogationSolved ProblemsSea And Sky Author:J. Arthur Thomson
“I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic and essential human is the woman, and all that we're doing is trying to brighten up the place. That's why all the birds who belong to our sex have prettier feathers - because males have got to try and justify their existence.” ThinkingTryingHumansKindSexExistenceEssentialsBirdMalesLuxuryJustifyDesperationFeathers Author:Orson Welles
“Man studied birds for centuries, trying to learn how to make a machine to fly like them. He never did do the trick; his final success came when he broke away entirely and tried new methods.” MenTryingCenturyBirdMachinesMethodFinalsTricksFlightBroke Book:Who Goes There?: And Other Stories Source: Who Goes There?: And Other Stories