History and geology show what an eyeblink it's been since our current, comfortable culture came about. And yet that culture is using… — David Brin Copy Share Image
It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When I moved out here to California, I became obsessed with geology. It's impossible not to be interested in the earth if… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
You won't see me writing about particle physics, or even planetary geology, or chemistry. I practically failed chemistry, and if I had… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
The field of the Geologist's inquiry is the Globe itself, ... [and] it is his study to decipher the monuments of the… — William Buckland Copy Share Image
During my second year at Edinburgh [1826-27] I attended Jameson's lectures on Geology and Zoology, but they were incredible dull. The sole… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“A million years is a short time - the shortest worth messing with for most problems. You begin tuning your mind to… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
In my youth,geology was nervously striving to accommodate itself to Genesis. Now it is Genesis that is striving to accommodate itself to… — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
It is to them [fossils] alone that we owe the commencement of even a Theory of the Earth ... By them we… — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
The world is the geologist's great puzzle-box; he stands before it like the child to whom the separate pieces of his puzzle… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
A permanent base on Mars would have a number of advantages beyond being a bonanza for planetary science and geology. If, as… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Although I was four years at the University [of Wisconsin], I did not take the regular course of studies, but instead picked… — John Muir Copy Share Image
[In geology,] As in history, the material in hand remains silent if no questions are asked. The nature of these questions depends… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and… — Johann Gottfried Herder Copy Share Image
If there be one attribute of the Deity which astonishes me more than another, it is the attribute of patience. The Great… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
We are not to suppose, that there is any violent exertion of power, such as is required in order to produce a… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
We cannot see how the evidence afforded by the unquestioned progressive development of organised existence-crowned as it has been by the recent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“All that comes above the surface [of the globe] lies within the province of Geography; all that comes below that surface lies… — Charles Lapworth Copy Share Image
“A far cicada rings high and clear over the river’s heavy wash. Morning glory, a lone dandelion, cassia, orchids. So far from… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“At present, a good many men engaged in scientific pursuits, and who have signally failed in gaining recognition among their fellows, are… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“GEOLOGY, n. The science of the earth's crust --to which, doubtless, will be added that of its interior whenever a man shall… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“The ridge of the Lammer-muir hills... consists of primary micaceous schistus, and extends from St Abb's head westward... The sea-coast affords a… — John Playfair Copy Share Image
“Colorado and Wyoming are America’s highest states, averaging 6,800 feet and 6,700 feet above sea level. Utah comes in third at 6,100… — Keith Meldahl Copy Share Image
A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
The six thousand years of human history form but a portion of the geologic day that is passing over us: they do… — Hugh Miller Copy Share Image
On the first page of the Bible there is an instance of how literalism is but an invitation to transcend the image… — Joseph Sittler Copy Share Image
The human mind has a natural tendency to explore what has passed in distant ages in scenes with which it is familiar:… — William Buckland Copy Share Image
“The black rock was sharp-edged, hot, and hard as corundum; it seemed not merely alien but impervious to life. Yet on the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Considered as a mere question of physics, (and keeping all moral considerations entirely out of sight,) the appearance of man is a… — Adam Sedgwick Copy Share Image
There is a relative order to the fossilized species of plants found in the geologic record for which Flood Geology cannot account,… — Frank Zindler Copy Share Image
In the preface to his great History of Europe, H. A. L. Fisher wrote: "Men wiser than and more learned than I… — D. V. Ager Copy Share Image
The existing and long-standing use of the word 'evolution' in our state's textbooks has not adversely affected Georgians' belief in the omnipotence… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
My only wish would be to have 10 more lives to live on this planet. If that were possible, I'd spend one… — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
Geology ... offers always some material for observation. ... [When] spring and summer come round, how easily may the hammer be buckled… — Archibald Geikie Copy Share Image
Does the evolutionary doctrine clash with religious faith? It does not. It is a blunder to mistake the Holy Scriptures for elementary… — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
I may remind you that history is not a branch of literature. The facts of history, like the facts of geology or… — J. B. Bury Copy Share Image
To say that there is a soul in stones simply in order to account for their production is unsatisfactory: for their production… — Albertus Magnus Copy Share Image
Experiments in geology are far more difficult than in physics and chemistry because of the greater size of the objects, commonly outside… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
Geology does better in reclothing dry bones and revealing lost creations, than in tracing veins of lead and beds of iron; astronomy… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Those who are ignorant of Geology, find no difficulty in believing that the world was made as it is; and the shepherd,… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
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![“During my second year at Edinburgh [1826-27] I attended Jameson's lectures on Geology and Zoology, but they were incredible dull. The sole effect they produced on me was the determination never as long as I lived to read a book on Geology.” quote by Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/42c/charles-darwin-507_biographies_during-my-second-year-at-edinburgh-1826_1350666.jpg)
![“It is to them [fossils] alone that we owe the commencement of even a Theory of the Earth ... By them we are enabled to ascertain, with the utmost certainty, that our earth has not always been covered over by the same external crust, because we are thoroughly assured that the organized bodies to…” quote by Georges Cuvier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ec4/georges-cuvier-21747_assured_it-is-to-them-fossils-alone-that-we-owe_967083.jpg)
![“Although I was four years at the University [of Wisconsin], I did not take the regular course of studies, but instead picked out what I thought would be most useful to me, particularly chemistry, which opened a new world, mathematics and physics, a little Greek and Latin, botany and and geology. I…” quote by John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/39f/john-muir-678_botany_although-i-was-four-years-at-the-univers_868877.jpg)
![“[In geology,] As in history, the material in hand remains silent if no questions are asked. The nature of these questions depends on the "school" to which the geologist belongs and on the objectivity of his investigations. Hans Cloos called this way of interrogation "the dialogue with the earth,"…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8a7/anonymous-1_communication_in-geology-as-in-history-the-material-in_22470.jpg)
![“All that comes above the surface [of the globe] lies within the province of Geography; all that comes below that surface lies inside the realm of Geology. The surface of the earth is that which, so to speak, divides them and at the same time 'binds them together in indissoluble union.' We may…” quote by Charles Lapworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5fb/charles-lapworth-52504_advice_all-that-comes-above-the-surface-of-the_1445498.jpg)
![“Geology ... offers always some material for observation. ... [When] spring and summer come round, how easily may the hammer be buckled round the waist, and the student emerge from the dust of town into the joyous air of the country, for a few delightful hours among the rocks.” quote by Archibald Geikie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2c3/archibald-geikie-73186_air_geology-offers-always-some-material-for_444312.jpg)
