#nature

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

#great #mere #nature #never #produce

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#god-like #good #human #human nature #nature

From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#attractions #good-natured #hopes #humor #kept

Mother Nature may be forgiving this year, or next year, but eventually she's going to come around and whack you. You've got to be prepared. ↗

— Geraldo Rivera

#around #be prepared #come #eventually #forgiving

Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. ↗

— Joan Rivers

#else #like #lot #mix #natures

It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry. ↗

— Tim Robbins

#certainly #difficult #get #industry #just

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#corporate #giving #much #nature #philanthropic

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#any #essential #even #everything #i

I grew up on the old EC comic books before the Comics Code in North American and with all sort of good-natured fun. I never had nightmares I think because all of the old horror stuff that I was exposed to was well meaning in a certain sense. ↗

— George A. Romero

#because #before #books #certain #code

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. ↗

— Alice Walker

#color #field #god #i #i think