Quotes with earth

Quotes 281 till 300 of 489.

  • Gloria Steinem One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!
    Passion, Politics, and Everyday Activism (2017) 893
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Vilayat Inayat Khan One must be aware that one is continually being tested in what one wishes most in order to make clear whether one's heart is on earth or in heaven.
    Vilayat Inayat Khan
    Teacher of meditation and of the traditions of Sufism (1882 - 1927)
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  • I Ching One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The superior man perseveres long in his course, adapts to the times, but remains firm in his direction and correct in his goals.
    I Ching
    Chinese classical text (Book of Changes)
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  • Charles Dickens One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • E. M. Forster Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Carl Sagan Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive and flourish is owed not just to ourselves, but also to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.
    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 54 min 25 sec
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Bayard Taylor Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap Drawn from Earth's prolific lap.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Samuel Butler Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Margaret Thatcher Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Carmen Electra People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.
    Carmen Electra
    American actress, model and singer (1972 - )
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  • Bill Hicks People often ask me where I stand politically. It's not that I disagree with Bush's economic policy or his foreign policy, it's that I believe he was a child of Satan sent here to destroy the planet Earth. Little to the left.
    Shock and Awe
    Bill Hicks
    American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician (1961 - 1994)
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  • Erica Jong Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
    Erica Jong
    American author (1942 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon Personally, I do not know whether humankind is alone in this vast universe. But I do know that we should cherish our existence on this precious speck of matter... the greatest gift that could be bestowed upon us. For all practical purposes, there is only one planet Earth.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Carl Sagan Philosophers and scientists confidently offer up traits said to be uniquely human, and the monkeys and apes casually knock them down - toppling the pretension that humans constitute some sort of biological aristocracy among the beings on Earth.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Ban Kimoon Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it.
    Ban Kimoon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Augustus William Hare Poverty breeds wealth; and wealth in its turn breeds poverty. The earth, to form the mould, is taken out of the ditch; and whatever may be the height of the one will be the depth of the other.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Sri Anandamayi Ma Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor.
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  • Martin Luther King Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • A. D. Hope Quaking muscles in the act of birth,
    Between her legs a pigmy face appear,
    And the first murderer lay upon the earth.
    Imperial Adam (l. 42-44)
    A. D. Hope
    Australian poet and essayist (1907 - 2000)
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  • John Updike Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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