Resilience Quotes (5 quotes)
In India, rice is grown below sea level in Kuttanad in Kerala and at above 3,000 meters in Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. The importance of rice as the mainstay of a sustainable food security system will grow during this century because of climate change. No other cereal has the resilience of rice to grow under a wide range of growing conditions.
In 'Science and Shaping the Future of Rice', collected in Pramod K. Aggarwal et al. (eds.), 206 International Rice Congress: Science, Technology, and Trade for Peace and Prosperity (2007), 4.
In the moment of the vernal equinox, we find ourselves standing at the threshold between winter’s chill and spring’s warmth, a testament to the resilience of life and the promise of new beginnings.
A fictional quote imagined in the style typical of a scientist (19 Mar 2024).
The Gaia Hypothesis asserts that Earth’s atmosphere is continually interacting with geology (the lithosphere). Earth’s cycling waters (the hydrosphere), and everything that lives (the biosphere). … The image is that the atmosphere is a circulatory system for life’s bio-chemical interplay. If the atmosphere is pan of a larger whole that has some of the qualities of an organism, one of those qualities we must now pray for is resilience.
In Praise of Nature
The vernal equinox is Nature’s proclamation of renewal and rejuvenation, a time when the Earth awakens from its winter slumber and bursts forth with new life. It’s a testament to the resilience and vitality of our planet.
A fictional quote imagined in the style typical of a scientist (19 Mar 2024).
The vernal equinox symbolizes a time of renewal and rebirth in nature. It’s a reminder of the Earth’s resilience and its ability to transition from winter’s dormancy to spring’s vitality.
A fictional quote imagined in the style of a theoretical physicist and futurist (19 Mar 2024).
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
