All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
Plato
NatureGodMenEarthPoorMighty
Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.
Gore Vidal
ThinkDieEarthNumbersLiving
From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
ManFreeEarthGravityBirthWeight
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
John Adams
DesignAmericaWonderEarthIgnorant
But for Muslims, everything that they don't have on earth is what they get in heaven. They can drink, they can have sex. All of the forbidden pleasures on earth, you can have in paradise.
Barbara Walters
YouSexHeavenParadiseEarthDrink
Ahh, Earth Day, the only day of the year where being able to hacky-sack will get you laid.
Jon Stewart
DayYearYouEarthWillGet
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Muhammad Ali
ServiceYouEarthService To Others
The one thing all humans share is that we all inhabit the same limited amount of real estate, which is Planet Earth.
Bjarke Ingels
Real EstateEarthRealSamePlanet
God created the universe in such a manner that all in common might derive their food from it, and that the Earth should also be a property common to all.
Saint Ambrose
GodFoodUniverseEarthProperty
The dead spacecraft in orbit have become a permanent fixture around our planet, not unlike the rings of Saturn. They will be the longest-lasting artifacts of human civilization, quietly circling the Earth until the sun turns into a red giant about 5 billion years from now.
Trevor Paglen
RedSunEarthCivilizationBecome
The world cannot live without the Arctic; it affects every living thing on Earth and acts as a virtual thermostat, reflecting sunlight and cooling the planet.
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
LiveWorldEarthSunlightLiving
My object will be, first, to show by what connections the history of the fossil bones of land animals is linked to the theory of the earth and why they have a particular importance in this respect.
Georges Cuvier
HistoryRespectConnectionsEarth
I guess when Rick is finished with his Journey to the Centre of the Earth, then we might have a go at something. We'd like to, we're open to it, and we've been talking about it.
Keith Emerson
JourneyTalkingEarthGoOpenBeen
Putting your hands in the earth is very grounding, if you'll excuse the pun.
John Glover
HandsYouEarthYourPunExcuse
If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words.
E. M. Forster
WordsHouseEarthManyMansions
I love Louisiana. There's no place on earth like Louisiana, and there's no city on earth like New Orleans. I grew up in Baton Rouge.
Don Lemon
LoveCityPlaceEarthNewUp
Jesus was a human being who, while on Earth, completely self-actualized and fulfilled in all ways the potential glory that lies within us all.
Marianne Williamson
PotentialEarthGloryHumanWithin
The most powerful nation on earth should be able to pass a fair, effective immigration law that combines compassion with responsibility and does not injure hard working Americans who are taxed up to here.
Bill O'Reilly
ResponsibilityCompassionLawEarth
Threats that could wipe out the bulk of life on earth abound. Planetary catastrophe could come in the form of a killer asteroid impact, the eruption of massive supervolcanoes, a nearby gamma ray burst that sterilizes the earth, or by human-driven environmental collapse.
Ramez Naam
LifeEnvironmentalImpactEarthOut
I love London. I love the U.K., but if I was going to live anywhere else on Earth, it would be Australia.
Tom Parker Bowles
LoveLiveEarthAustraliaLondon
Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth.
Prince Charles
EarthHong KongSuccessfulMostKong
The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun.
George Orwell
PoliceSunEarthThroughUpGoing
The whole intention of empirical economics is to force theory down to Earth.
George Akerlof
EconomicsIntentionDownEarthForce
I realized not long ago that by the time I leave this Earth, no matter when it is I will have officially only spent approximately 14 years of my life where I did not have to deal with cancer.
Jenna Morasca
LifeTimeMy LifeLongEarthMatter
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