--- title: "11 Earth Gave Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Earth Gave quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Earth Gave sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/jon-stewart-455_birth_we-called-her-mother-earth-because-she-g_2398722.jpg" --- > [We called her Mother Earth. Because she gave birth to us, and then we sucked her dry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/we-called-her-mother-earth-because-she-gave-birth-to-us-and-then-we/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/jon-stewart-455_birth_we-called-her-mother-earth-because-she-g_2398722.jpg) > [“Theirs was the fullness of heaven and earth; the more that they gave to others, the more they had.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/theirs-was-the-fullness-of-heaven-and-earth-the-more-that-they-gave/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a6/anonymous-1_fullness_theirs-was-the-fullness-of-heaven-and-ea_2361926.jpg) > [Oh Earth, you gave me all I have, I love you, I love you, - oh what have IThat I can give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/oh-earth-you-gave-me-all-i-have-i-love-you-i-love-you-oh-what-have/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/sara-teasdale-2354_body_oh-earth-you-gave-me-all-i-have-i-love-y_911931.png) > [“The Earth gave birth to life, but life also changed the Earth. The current environment on our planet is the result of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liu-cixin/the-earth-gave-birth-to-life-but-life-also-changed-the-earth-the/) [Liu Cixin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liu-cixin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/liu-cixin-4142_birth-life_the-earth-gave-birth-to-life-but-life-al_2782563.jpg) > [There's only three major elements. Air, land, which is your flesh and water, which is your blood. You're walking on a third…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-griffin/there-s-only-three-major-elements-air-land-which-is-your-flesh-and/) [Eddie Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-griffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/eddie-griffin-3657_air_there-s-only-three-major-elements-air-la_2961100.png) > [When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/when-nature-made-the-blue-bird-she-wished-to-propitiate-both-the-sky/) [John Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/john-burroughs-1157_bird_when-nature-made-the-blue-bird-she-wishe_1878478.png) > [It's funny. When we were alive we spent much of our time staring up at the cosmos and wondering what was out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/it-s-funny-when-we-were-alive-we-spent-much-of-our-time-staring-up-at/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/jon-stewart-455_achievement_it-s-funny-when-we-were-alive-we-spent-m_1811854.jpg) > [And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-undset/and-when-we-give-each-other-christmas-gifts-in-his-name-let-us/) [Sigrid Undset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-undset/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/sigrid-undset-13292_bears_and-when-we-give-each-other-christmas-gi_41698.jpg) > [“The sun shines differently, the air is different, water is not as it used to be. The things we used to eat,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-sapkowski/the-sun-shines-differently-the-air-is-different-water-is-not-as-it/) [Andrzej Sapkowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-sapkowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/andrzej-sapkowski-1769_earth_the-sun-shines-differently-the-air-is-di_3232641.jpg) > [“When he, whoever of the gods it was, had thus arranged in order and resolved that chaotic mass, and reduced it, thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/when-he-whoever-of-the-gods-it-was-had-thus-arranged-in-order-and/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/ovid-276_creation_when-he-whoever-of-the-gods-it-was-had-t_1721431.png) > [“Remember, God placed man on earth and gave him dominion over the earth to cultivate and steward it. The fall of man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karla-perry/remember-god-placed-man-on-earth-and-gave-him-dominion-over-the-earth/) [Karla Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karla-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/karla-perry-56584_cross_remember-god-placed-man-on-earth-and-gav_1492500.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth-gave/#itemlist", "name": "Earth Gave Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We called her Mother Earth. 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