Sunday, August 22, 2010

more words...



The previous post featured some curious words ...this one will present more words...this time words arranged into sentences that people have put together and others have thought worthy of noting down.
These words made into memorable sentences are called "quotes".






































Through visiting But does it float  I clicked on the names of the curators - Folkert and Atley - on the top right hand side of the blog. There I found myself at, amongst a number of amazing other things,  the Repository of quotes - you might like to go have a peek...

here are Folkert and Atley - go look if you are curious.

So ... to Repository of quotes:

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. (Nietzsche)
To forgive is to give up all hope for a better past. (Buddhist saying)


The most interesting trend in the development of the Internet is not how it is changing people's ways of thinking but how it is adapting to the way that people think. (Steven Pinker)

I want to stay as close on the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center. Big, undreamed-of things — the people on the edge see them first. (Kurt Vonnegut)

The source of the new is the random. (Gregory Bateson)

The kind of conversation I like is one in which you are prepared to emerge a slightly different person. (Theodore Zeldin)

Separated from the familiar, confronted with the unfamiliar, and reflexed only by the brain's mechanical feedback, unthinking humans — not realizing that there are no straight lines, only wavy ones, and not realizing that waves can only be propagated by positive-negative oscillating — find their straight linear strivings forever frustrated by the wave system realities of Universe. (Buckminster Fuller)


Janine M. Benyus' 9 basic principles of biomimicry 

1. Nature runs on sunlight 
2. Nature uses only the energy it needs 
3. Nature fits form to function 
4. Nature recycles everything 
5. Nature rewards cooperation 
6. Nature banks on diversity 
7. Nature demands local expertise 
8. Nature curbs excesses from within 
9. Nature taps the power of limits 



through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. while these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze. that's what made these three free fleas sneeze. (Dr Seuss) 


Eventually, everything connects. (Charles Eames) 


























8 comments:

Candice Herne said...

thanks Sophie for this wave of inspiration. I feel joy! Candyxx

Sophie Munns said...

Sunday morning....sunshine over here...hope you have a great day Candy!
S xx

gésbi said...

Hello ! and thanks for leaving a comment on my blog and...leading me over here. My favorite quotes here are by B. Fuller and Dr Seuss. Very interesting topics!

Sophie Munns said...

hello there,
thank your for visiting and leavig a message...Loved the Matisee post very much... Must have found you through M Paradis ....loving all frenh posts at her blog and of course at yours!
ciao,
Sophie

Anonymous said...

Loved these Sophie! A real mixed bag of quotes worth reading - thanks for making the evening an even brighter one xx

Sophie Munns said...

Hello to you over the hill there at the Grange!
They are quite worth pondering
.... and you my friend are off on a wonderful journey of a different kind...may it be most illuminating....
best,
Sophie xo

Maggie Neale said...

And eventually, everything connects. Love that thought. You offer so much, Sophie. Thought of you when Australia walked the Miss Universe walk.

Sophie Munns said...

Such a charming message Maggie!
Miss Universe! That did make me smile but I know ... word association ...that can bring 2 wildly different ideas together! As you said ....everything connects!

Hope you are enjoying the warm weather up there!
good creating!
Sophie