Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space.

Zero of Animal Life probably about 300 fathoms.

The corals do not look much worn, but still appear to have been dead. There are some delicate shells of molluscs from depths beyond 500 fathoms, where they were certainly living.

The naturalists of yore esteemed the ocean to be a treasury of wonders, and sought therein for monstrosities and organisms contrary to the law of nature, such as they interpreted it.

The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links of nature's chain than for apparent exceptions.

People without independence have no business to meddle with science. It should never be linked with lucre.

I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that they are among the most interesting that I have ever seen.

[Geology] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history, which has all the character of a great epic.

University can teach you skill and give you opportunity, but it can't teach you sense, nor give you understanding. Sense and understanding are produced within one's soul.

The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force. It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character.

Art is a creative re-creation of an imaginative or real observation.

I turn off my cell phone and reluctantly slide it down my pocket. My hands are shaking. A large knife appears in his hand.”William Wilson in the short story 'Metro' by Steen Langstrup

I'd say I've gone to grad school for comedy being on "Community."

Cute. I think I would prefer to be stabbed in the eye rather than be called cute.

- I hate to break this to you, Cameron, but you are only human. - Shh... I've been trying to keep that under wraps for years.

Then we should find some artificial inoculation against love, as with smallpox.

A single collective directed thought is all it takes to change the world.

Gypsies at home watching Jerry Falwell on TV, might mean something to you, it ain't nothing to me.