Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Edwin Way Teale Writer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jun 2, 1899
  • Died: Oct 18, 1980

Edwin Way Teale was an American naturalist, photographer and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Teale's works serve as primary source material documenting environmental conditions across North America from 1930 - 1980. He is perhaps best known for his series The American Seasons, four books documenting over 75,000 miles of automobile travel across North America following the changing seasons.

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm. beauty

Time and space - time to be alone, space to move about - these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow. alone

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web. beauty

Christmas December 25, 2024

Christmas is the day that holds all time together. 6 other thoughts from Alexander Smith

6 other thoughts from Alexander Smith

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. 8 other views from Stephen Leacock

8 other views from Stephen Leacock

A good conscience is a continual Christmas. 96 other thoughts from Benjamin Franklin

96 other thoughts from Benjamin Franklin

Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own. 9 other views from Ethel Merman

9 other views from Ethel Merman