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title: "11 Come Planet Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so youd better do some good while you are here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-van-halen/you-come-to-the-planet-with-nothing-and-you-leave-with-nothing-so/)

[Alex Van Halen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-van-halen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/alex-van-halen-23946_funny_you-come-to-the-planet-with-nothing-and_1140963.jpg)

> [You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-van-halen/you-come-to-the-planet-with-nothing-and-you-leave-with-nothing-so-you/)

[Alex Van Halen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-van-halen/)

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> [I have come to this planet to learn to love myself more, and to share that love with all those around me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-hay/i-have-come-to-this-planet-to-learn-to-love-myself-more-and-to-share/)

[Louise Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-hay/)

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> [Basically, I come from other planet. Like Superman, from Krypton. I don't show my power because I want to play basketball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boban-marjanovic/basically-i-come-from-other-planet-like-superman-from-krypton-i-don-t/)

[Boban Marjanovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boban-marjanovic/)

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> [It is a curious feature of our existance that we come from a planet that is very good at promoting life but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/it-is-a-curious-feature-of-our-existance-that-we-come-from-a-planet/)

[Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/)

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> [“Where do you come from?" "From the planet of a distant sun, called Earth." "What for?" "I was tired of vulgarity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/where-do-you-come-from-from-the-planet-of-a-distant-sun-called-earth/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

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> [Until they come to see us from their planet, I wait patiently. I hear them saying: Don't call us, we'll call you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-dietrich/until-they-come-to-see-us-from-their-planet-i-wait-patiently-i-hear/)

[Marlene Dietrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlene-dietrich/)

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> [I'm not sure I'll come back to this planet. I may come back to another one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/i-m-not-sure-i-ll-come-back-to-this-planet-i-may-come-back-to-another/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/shirley-maclaine-1977_come_i-m-not-sure-i-ll-come-back-to-this-plan_2773165.jpg)

> [“By now you must have guessed: I come from another planet. But I will never say to you, 'Take me to your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/by-now-you-must-have-guessed-i-come-from-another-planet-but-i-will-2/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/margaret-atwood-40_bad-dream_by-now-you-must-have-guessed-i-come-from_1496521.jpg)

> [“By now you must have guessed: I come from another planet. But I will never say to you, Take me to your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/by-now-you-must-have-guessed-i-come-from-another-planet-but-i-will/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/margaret-atwood-40_bad-dream_by-now-you-must-have-guessed-i-come-from_100613.jpg)

> [“Listen, she said, "cherubim have come to my planet before." "I know that. Where do you think I got my information?" "What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-l-engle/listen-she-said-cherubim-have-come-to-my-planet-before-i-know-that/)

[Madeline L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-l-engle/)

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