Environmental Cues Quotes

One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day.

There's an unseen force which lets birds know when you've just washed your car.

While both plants and animals awaken via distinct changes in metabolic functioning, most plants prefer to err on the side of caution, waiting for hints of full-on summer before they bloom.

People look around you, the signs are everywhere. You've left it for somebody other than you to be the one who to care.

The first time you see something that you have never seen before, you almost always know right away if you should eat it or run away from it.

Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint.

Nature is always hinting at us.

On paper, being good sounds great but a lot depends on the atmosphere of the workplace or community we live in. We tend to become good or bad depending on the cues sent out within a particular space.

If you hear on the weather report that it's going to rain tomorrow, rather than reminding yourself to bring your umbrella, set the umbrella by the front door - now the environment is reminding you to bring the umbrella.

Every act of the man inscribes itself in the memories of his fellows, and in his own manners and face. The air is full of sounds;the sky, of tokens; the ground is all memoranda and signatures; and every object covered over with hints, which speak to the intelligent.

Light helps the body predict the future: it's a sign of how our environment will change in the coming hours and days, and our bodies prepare themselves accordingly.

The mammalian brain evolved exquisite place memory because that was essential for survival. This is why squirrels have such a good memory for where they buried their nuts.

Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.

You may tell by looking at any twig of the forest, ay, at your very wood-pile, whether its winter is past or not.

The human young must learn to perceive these affordances, in some degree at least, but the young of some animals do not have time to learn the ones that are crucial for survival.

But on a clear, sunny day? How would she know to flee when she couldn't see any place for danger to hide?

The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime.

The only calendar I need is just outside my window. With eyes to see and ears to hear, nature keeps me posted.

Winds are advertisements of all they touch, however much or little we may be able to read them; telling their wanderings even by their scents alone.

The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.

Once you understand the power of stimulus control, you can use it to your advantage by changing the stimuli in your environment and avoiding undesirable ones; or, if that's not possible, by filling your consciousness with thoughts about their less tempting aspects.