Pristine Quotes - Page 4

• Scientists are very much entangled in their culture and this culture is not pristine, untouched by other cultures and practices.

  Bruno Latour

  Other Cultures, Practice, Scientist

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• You can't have a pristine house with ten dogs, and I'd rather have the ten dogs.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Dog, House, Ten

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• How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

  Charles Lamb

  Eye, Men, Space

  Charles Lamb (1835). “Essays of Elia: To which are Added Letters, and Rosamund, a Tale”, p.204

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• To pine for an alternative past is a waste of energy. In the pristine world of your infinite spiritual self, there is no sin or negative energy. There is only compassion, learning, and unconditional love and forgiveness. Remind yourself and those around you of this fact. In the light of God, everything is healed and seen to be perfect.

  Stuart Wilde

  Spiritual, Unconditional Love, Past

  Stuart Wilde (1994). “Weight Loss for the Mind”

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• The one thing I miss is hitchhiking. Now there's no more of that. When's the last time you saw a hitchhiker? It's not that I consider it a great sport, but it was my way of seeing the country. The open road, especially in the western United States, is still very pristine, but everything else around it has changed.

  Edward Ruscha

  Sports, Country, Missing

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