Author: Diane Ackerman

Quotes

We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own.

We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own.

- Diane Ackerman

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.

- Diane Ackerman

I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.

I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.

- Diane Ackerman

Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.

Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.

- Diane Ackerman

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.

- Diane Ackerman

Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.

Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.

- Diane Ackerman

Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.

Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.

- Diane Ackerman

Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful.

Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful.

- Diane Ackerman

The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters.

The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters.

- Diane Ackerman

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