Quote Tag

The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.

Only remember west of the Mississippi it’s a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.

The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of the baby carriage and I wheel it into the traffic.

I’ve seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

The difficulty with this conversation is that it’s very different from most of the ones I’ve had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.

When the anchorman is wearing a colonel’s uniform, it tells you something.

I like poking my nose into other people’s lives.

A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.