Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & 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.

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

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

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

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 views from William Butler Yeats

28 views from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 other quotes from Dave Barry

27 other quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 thoughts from Winston Churchill

74 thoughts from Winston Churchill