Sunday, August 21, 2011

Week 1: Naturalist Quotes

Hey Scholars,

For this first weeks post we will start off with something easy. Find and post a quote about nature, then comment on someone else's post from class.

Cheers,

Mr. D
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65 comments:

  1. summerdrumAugust 25, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.
    ~Hal Borland

    Summer Drum
    4th Period APES

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  2. Alyssa WadeAugust 25, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    "The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding." ~Sir Francis Bacon



    -Alyssa Wade

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  3. RoseAugust 29, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    “Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.” ~Alfred Billings Street

    -Rose Dennison-

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  4. RoseAugust 29, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    “Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.” ~Alfred Billings Street

    Rose Dennison 3rd Period APES

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  5. Gabby RosencrantsAugust 30, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. ~ Charles Lindbergh

    Gabby Rosencrants
    4th Period APES

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  6. RoseAugust 30, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence. ~Alfred Billings Street

    -Rose Dennison

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  7. RoseAugust 30, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    To Summer....
    On reading your quote I thought of fall at first, but at the end of the quote I thought that nature is beauty in plurality but it is truly a wonder in singularality

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  8. Crissa AllenAugust 30, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    "Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it." ~Russell Baker
    I like the quote by Hal Borland because it helps me understand that small things can be important too.

    Crissa Allen
    3rd Period APES

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  9. Troy SmithAugust 30, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
    ~John Muir


    -Troy Smith

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  10. Sarah HardisonAugust 30, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. ~Langston Hughes

    -Sarah Hardison

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  11. Sarah HardisonAugust 30, 2011 at 6:25 PM

    This Hal Borland quote set my mind ablaze with vivid images of the foest during Autumn! Awesome:)
    -Sarah Hardison

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  12. Gabriel AquinoAugust 30, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes... George Sand


    Gabriel Aquino :{D~
    4th APES

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  13. Gabriel AquinoAugust 30, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    To Summer Drums Comment, i like the use of metoforic terms. it showed creativity to open the eye.


    Gabriel Aquino
    4th APES

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  14. UnknownAugust 30, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    "Man is not himself only... He is all that he sees; all that flows to him from a thousand sources... He is the land, the lift of its mountain lines, the reach of its valleys"
    ~Mary Austin

    Taylor Blackmon
    4th Period APES

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  15. Bridgett BrownAugust 30, 2011 at 11:48 PM

    You didn't come into this world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean. You are not a stranger here. Alan Watts

    -Bridgett Brown
    3rd Period APES

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  16. Bridgett BrownAugust 30, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    I really like Summer Drum's quote,it's basically appreciating the little thigs,even if that means a single tree compared to a forest. I just dont like the fact that they're burning??

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  17. emokandyAugust 31, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    "At its most successful, my "touch" looks into the heart of nature; most days I don't even get close. These things are all part of a transient process that I cannot understand unless my touch is also transient; only in this way can the cycle remain unbroken and the process be complete."

    ~Andy Goldsworthy
    Shelby Barks
    3rd period APES

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  18. emokandyAugust 31, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    I like Gabriel Aquino's quote. So many people let beliefs and moral issues of the time cloud their judement to what is apparent and available to be absorbed through simple observation. To simply look and learn is enough to satisfy the basest of intellectual pursuits.

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  19. Kiari FieldsAugust 31, 2011 at 10:34 PM

    To Taylor Blackmon's comment, for some reason when I read that quote I liked it a lot, I find it unique how Mary Austin put that all together. . nature kind of makes you who you are.

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  20. Derrick AndersonSeptember 1, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    How strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
    Derrick Anderson
    Period 4

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  21. Derrick AndersonSeptember 1, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    In regards to Gabe Aquino's quote, we as a people have lived in ignorance and in simple terms, lived as luxourious as can be as Nature is wondering why the heck is she paying all the bills while trying to feed her babies.
    Derrick Anderson
    Period 4

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  22. tingtingSeptember 1, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.”-Alice Walker

    Nicole Brenneman
    4th APES

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  23. tingtingSeptember 1, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    I like Troy's quote because it really makes you think about how the world is connected, especially through nature. The more you think about it you can notice small things coming together to become even bigger. It's amazing how nature works.

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  24. Alyssa WadeSeptember 1, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    I liked troy smith's comment. Its nice to remember that we're very much connected to nature so it'd be nice if we took more care of it.

    ~Alyssa Wade
    4th APES

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  25. summerdrumSeptember 1, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    I loved Gabe's quote! One of our faults as humans is that we sometimes form opinions and refuse to see the other options or the bigger picture. We need to spend more time teaching each other how to see the beauty of the world from many different standpoints rather than teaching each other that there's only one right answer to a problem.
    -Summer Drum
    APES 4th

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  26. Rhiannon GrahamSeptember 1, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.
    William Hazlitt

    Rhiannon Graham
    APES 3rd period

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  27. Julien FogelSeptember 1, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
    Toni Morrison
    I liked Bridgett's quote, it makes a person feel more in tune with nature and see things in a new way

    Julien Fogel 3rd APES

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  28. treeman1234September 1, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    "Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language."
    ~Jean Rostand
    Langston A.
    4th period AP

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  29. treeman1234September 1, 2011 at 7:13 PM

    To Troy, I like your quote because that is the biggest truth about nature, it is all interconnected.

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  30. Kamia WashingtonSeptember 1, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and
    the stars; you have a right to be here.
    - Desiderata


    Kamia Washington
    4th period APES

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  31. Kamia WashingtonSeptember 1, 2011 at 7:35 PM

    I like Gabby's quote, because to me it sounds like the author is saying that the more we research/ know about the environment the more we question ourselves. We may learn new things about our plant but we still don't know enough.

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  32. Saquatch_CowboySeptember 1, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Christian Holland

    "Nature hides her secret because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse."
    ~ Albert Einstien

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  33. Saquatch_CowboySeptember 1, 2011 at 9:10 PM

    Christian Holland

    Troy Smith I like how u incorporated the world with nature lol
    but it is so true because we have still not found out all this planet has to offer

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  34. MikeSeptember 1, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    "I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do."
    ~John Muir

    -Mike Warren Jr
    3rd Period APES

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  35. MikeSeptember 1, 2011 at 9:50 PM

    @Bridgett Brown.. The quote expresses to me a breath of new life on Earth and the true meaning of nothings new underneath the sun. Great quote.. #nature

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  36. Justin DavisSeptember 1, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    "Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence."
    -Hal Borland


    Justin Davis
    3rd period APES

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  37. Justin DavisSeptember 1, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    In response to Summer's post:
    I never thought that reading a quote could be so visually stunning. The comparison between trees and flames was both brilliant and ironic.

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  38. UnknownSeptember 1, 2011 at 11:36 PM

    To Troy, I really enjoy reading this quote. It helps me to realize that there is much more to appreciate than maybe a single strand of grass. Looking deeper into nature makes you realize that beyond all the small things, there are many more beautiful, larger aspects of nature.
    -Taylor Blackmon
    4th Period APES

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  39. Alyssa PerezSeptember 2, 2011 at 6:06 AM

    Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Lao Tzu

    Alyssa Perez
    3rd period APES

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  40. Alyssa PerezSeptember 2, 2011 at 6:08 AM

    I also like Gabe's quote. You don't have to know all of natures processes to make it the way it is to love it. Although it does add to the beauty.

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  41. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    Nature always tends to act in the simplest way.
    Bernoulli

    alicia garcia

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  42. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    i like alyssa pere's quote because it shows that nature has its own speed and process

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  43. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    i like alyssa perez's quote because it shows nature has its own speed in its process

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  44. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    i like alyssa perez's quote because it shows that nature has its own speed for its process

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  45. Troy SmithSeptember 4, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    I like Langston's quote. We have to understand nature to both overcome it and preserve it.

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  46. Kyle PenningtonSeptember 5, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little she
    achieves her work.
    - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  47. Kyle PenningtonSeptember 5, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little she
    achieves her work.
    - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  48. lauren driscollSeptember 5, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    Nature does require her times of preservation.
    William Shakespeare


    Lauren Driscoll
    APES 3rd Period

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  49. Kyle PenningtonSeptember 5, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    To Alyssa's quote, Nature doesn't hurry, only when it wants to destroy something, or start over, then it can take something away in a matter of minutes.

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  50. Kate GallenSeptember 5, 2011 at 10:30 PM

    Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? -Rose Kennedy

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  51. Kate GallenSeptember 5, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    I like Gabby's quote because it is true that science sometimes overwhelms the true beauty of nature!
    4th Period Apes!

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  52. marygorrySeptember 7, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”

    Mary Gorry
    Period 4 APES

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  53. marygorrySeptember 7, 2011 at 5:08 PM

    I really liked Taylor Blackmon's quote. It shows how much man & nature are alike. And how nature pretty much defines man.

    Mary Gorry
    4th period APES

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  54. marygorrySeptember 7, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    I really liked Taylor Blackmon's quote. It shows how much man and nature are alike. And how nature pretty much defines who man is.

    Mary Gorry
    APES Period 4.

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  55. ToriSSeptember 12, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

    Tori Stiles

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  56. ToriSSeptember 12, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    I have to say, Justin Davis's is definitely my favorite quote, bc it really does make sense, if you think about it. Yet, it isnt the first thing that always comes to mind when people think trees and grass.

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  57. MikeSeptember 13, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."
    - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

    Mike Warren Jr
    3rd Period APES

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  58. MikeSeptember 13, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    @Alyssa Perez.. I like your quote because it tells us to be patient with nature to see its' overwhelming results. And patience is the key to everything in life. Great quote..

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  59. Jon_GreenSeptember 15, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    (3rd time the blog deleted my comment when i tried to post -_- ) "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

    — Mahatma Gandhi
    In order for us to be able to change the world we must first be able to implement our own ideas and plans in our own lives. Just like in nature, when a species needs to change(adapt) they will slowly evolve into the change that they need, maybe not in their lifetime, but in their offspring or their offspring's offspring.

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  60. MyrandaFieldsSeptember 18, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
    Richard Feynman

    Myranda Fields
    4th Period APES

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  61. MyrandaFieldsSeptember 18, 2011 at 4:03 PM

    @Mike Warren I like your quote because in life you need patience and it's a quality not many of us have that we should work towards.

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  62. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    Sorry it took me so long to set up my blog account but i found this quote to great and true!
    “If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature.”
    John Burroughs

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  63. JennaDudleySeptember 19, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are. ~Osho

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  64. JennaDudleySeptember 19, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    I like alicias quote because, it shows how nature is somehting in the simplest form and does things short sweet and simple.

    Jenna Dudley
    a.p.e.s
    3rd period

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  65. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.” - Alice Walker

    Sarah Huber

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