Surroundings Quotes - page 2

Three blind mice walk into a pub. But they are unaware of their surroundings, so to derive humour from it would be exploitative. (Bill Bailey)
There is nothing supernatural about the process of self-organization to states of higher entropy; it is a general property of systems, regardless of their materials and origin. It does not violate the Second Law of thermodynamics since the decrease in entropy within an open system is always offset by the increase of entropy in its surroundings. View quote
Ervin László
The classical worldview was atomistic and individualistic; it viewed objects as separate from their environments and people as separate from each other and from their surroundings. The systems view perceives connections and communications between people, and between people and nature, and emphasizes community and integrity in both the natural and the human world. View quote
Ervin László
Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day. View quote
Orison Swett Marden
Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh. View quote
Hugh Jackman
You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings. View quote
Mia Wasikowska
Managers construct, rearrange, single out, and demolish many "objective” features of their surroundings. When people act they unrandomize variables, insert vestiges of orderliness, and literally create their own constraints. View quote
Karl E. Weick
We are what we see. We are products of our surroundings. View quote
Amber Valletta
All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about. View quote
Ed McMahon
All the Tauruses I know have this connection to the earth and the environment. We are very curious people, very loyal, very aware of and respectful of our surroundings. Also, we're stubborn, but that's our way. We understand what we want, which is not bad. View quote
Francisco Costa
But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life. (George Cadbury)
With all the weird surroundings of outer space the basic underlying theme of the show is a philosophical approach to man's relationship to woman. There are both sexes in the crew, in fact, the first officer is a woman. View quote
Jeffrey Hunter
Your surroundings may change but your essence and your personality pretty much stay the same. View quote
Jenna Dewan
It's important to determine which surroundings work best for you, and then build that environment to suit your needs. View quote
Marilu Henner
You are affected by the surroundings, the mood of people, by confidence. I am no different. View quote
Michael Owen
The simile has to match the tone of its surroundings and has to be like a little joke. Writing a simile that isn't funny on some level is quite hard. View quote
Ned Beauman
Tech people like to stick to their knitting, and they measure their accomplishments by the growth of their company. Now the tech community is popping up and saying, 'We do need to be involved in our surroundings.' View quote
Ron Conway
It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings. View quote
Stephen Gardiner
Recording a scene with paint rather than film sinks you more deeply into your surroundings. You have to look a little harder and a little longer. And you end up with a memento. View quote
Susan Minot
I believe your atmosphere and your surroundings create a mind state for you. View quote
Theophilus London
The march to our duty here, not merely to ourselves, but to our surroundings, must proceed. God wills it. (William H. O'Connell)
The world gets grimy and the love object is in stark relief from its surroundings. This is love, a pretty thing on an ugly street and why wouldn't you pick it up if it appeared in a taxi cab. View quote
Daniel Handler
I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings. View quote
River Phoenix
It was not the kind of surroundings in which any one with free will - if such a man existed - would have chosen to await death. View quote
Graham Greene
The heath and changes of weather were quite blotted out from their eyes for the present. They were enclosed in a sort of luminous mist, which hid from them surroundings of any inharmonious colour, and gave to all things the character of light. When it rained they were charmed, because they could remain indoors together all day with such a show of reason; when it was fine they were charmed, because they could sit together on the hills. They were like those double stars which revolve round and round each other, and from a distance appear to be one. View quote
Thomas Hardy