Kris Kristofferson Quotes

So it is that one side effect of the HD revolution has been the gratifying and edifying return of the nature documentary - films about the hugely varied forms of life that eat, sleep, stalk, mate, fight, thrive, suffer and struggle on our dear and embattled old Earth.

These are the animals that are the reason why you don't see old animals in the wild. You don't see sick animals in the wild. You don't see lame animals in the wild, and its all because of the predator: the lion, the tiger, the leopard, all the cats.

I'm convinced that the earth is much stronger than us.

In the history of the world the prize has not gone to those species which specialized in methods of violence, or even in defensive armor. In fact, nature began with producing animals encased in hard shells for defense against the ill of life. But smaller animals, without external armor, warm-blooded, sensitive, alert, have cleared those monsters off the face of the earth.

None of the Jungle People like being disturbed.

We are like the birds. We adapt. We sing.

We monsters are necessary to nature also.

Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.

I remember lying in the snow, a small red spot of warm going cold, surrounded by wolves.

The cockroach and the bird were both here long before we were. Both could.

The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history.

Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [...]. He says they consent to die because their animals and can't understand hope. But humans are different. They fight against death no matter how bad things seem, and sometimes, even when everything's against them, they win.

Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdom which cannot help itself.

We human beings can survive the most difficult of circumstances if we are not forced to stand alone.

When the country goes temporarily to the dogs, cats must learn to be circumspect, walk on fences, sleep in trees, and have faith that all this woofing is not the last word.

Nature, in her blind thirst for life has filled every possible cranny of the rotting earth with some sort of fantastic creature.

I don't believe in convention at all. I do what I have to do to stay alive.

Until you stalk and overrun, you cannot devour anyone. -Hobbes

Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps we should control the population to ensure the survival of our environment

I've always had to do things my way; I play guitar my way; I've taken myself to the edges of life my way; I've gotten clean my way; And I'm still here. Whether or not I deserve to be is another story.

One has to manage alone as best one can. (Karin Bergman)

I live my own life and nurse my own wounds. It's not the best way to live. But it's the way I am.

The debris of civilization litters the landscapes and spoils the beaches. Conservation's concerns now is not only for man's enjoyment-but for man's survival.

If we want to sum up the theory of evolution by natural selection in two words, which have great relevance for all societies and businesses, we should simply remember: diversity works.

It’s the leftover humans. The survivors. They’re the ones I can’t stand to look at, although on many occasions I still fail. I deliberately seek out the colors to keep my mind off them, but now and then, I witness the ones who are left behind, crumbling among the jigsaw puzzle of realization, despair, and surprises. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs. Which in turn brings me to the subject I am telling you about tonight, or today, or whatever the hour and color. It’s the story of one of those perpetual survivors –an expert at being left behind.