--- title: "17 History Earth Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 History Earth quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best History Earth sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/anchorman-2-35156_history_the-greatest-city-in-the-history-of-the_641450.jpg" --- > [The greatest city in the history of the Earth. -Wes Mantooth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anchorman-2/the-greatest-city-in-the-history-of-the-earth-wes-mantooth/) [Anchorman 2](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anchorman-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/anchorman-2-35156_history_the-greatest-city-in-the-history-of-the_641450.jpg) > [The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/the-view-of-jerusalem-is-the-history-of-the-world-it-is-more-it-is/) [Benjamin Disraeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-disraeli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/benjamin-disraeli-390_earth_the-view-of-jerusalem-is-the-history-of_2803634.jpg) > [I am here tracing the History of the Earth itself, from its own Monuments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-am-here-tracing-the-history-of-the-earth-itself-from-its-own/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/anonymous-1_earth_i-am-here-tracing-the-history-of-the-ear_1478412.jpg) > [The birth of Christ is the central event in the history of the earth-- the very thing the whole story has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-birth-of-christ-is-the-central-event-in-the-history-of-the-earth/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/c-s-lewis-2-132_birth_the-birth-of-christ-is-the-central-event_3198218.png) > [“Nothing is more important to a nation than its history. It is the earth upon which any society stands.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/nothing-is-more-important-to-a-nation-than-its-history-it-is-the/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/785/robert-harris-2039_archangel_nothing-is-more-important-to-a-nation-th_3228404.png) > [No land was ever acquired honestly in the history of the earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/no-land-was-ever-acquired-honestly-in-the-history-of-the-earth/) [Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/196/philipp-meyer-4254_earth_no-land-was-ever-acquired-honestly-in-th_3080665.png) > [I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life - past, present, and future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-carson/i-like-to-define-biology-as-the-history-of-the-earth-and-all-its-life/) [Rachel Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/rachel-carson-2645_biology_i-like-to-define-biology-as-the-history_327330.png) > [ \[Geology\] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/geology-may-be-looked-upon-as-the-history-of-the-earth-s-changes/) [Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/edward-forbes-31709_character_geology-may-be-looked-upon-as-the-histor_962358.jpg) > [If one gains an interest in the history of the earth, he is quite sure to gain an interest in the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/if-one-gains-an-interest-in-the-history-of-the-earth-he-is-quite-sure/) [John Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/john-burroughs-1157_biology_if-one-gains-an-interest-in-the-history_1702446.png) > [“The cedars 'know the history of the earth better than history itself.' If this was so, it was little wonder that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-cedars-know-the-history-of-the-earth-better-than-history-itself/) [Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/robert-fisk-7244_cedars_the-cedars-know-the-history-of-the-earth_784124.jpg) > [We have been troubled about the world, and had almost lost faith in man; it helps to think about the long history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-carson/we-have-been-troubled-about-the-world-and-had-almost-lost-faith-in/) [Rachel Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/rachel-carson-2645_earth_we-have-been-troubled-about-the-world-an_2492082.png) > [“Had General Soo known the history of Earth, he would have known that Peace, as currently practiced by the humans, was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-hawk/had-general-soo-known-the-history-of-earth-he-would-have-known-that/) [Steven L. Hawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-hawk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/steven-l-hawk-70289_history_had-general-soo-known-the-history-of-ear_2162736.jpg) > [“A grain of sand you, trample upon has a deeper significance than a series of lectures by your verbal philosopher whom you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/a-grain-of-sand-you-trample-upon-has-a-deeper-significance-than-a/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/kaiten-nukariya-793_philosophy_a-grain-of-sand-you-trample-upon-has-a-d_2403834.jpg) > [In the course of the history of the earth innumerable events have occurred one after another, causing changes of states, all with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-cotta/in-the-course-of-the-history-of-the-earth-innumerable-events-have/) [Bernhard von Cotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-von-cotta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/bernhard-von-cotta-222889_accumulation_in-the-course-of-the-history-of-the-eart_2612114.jpg) > [“Pages could be written on the immense losses of productive soil that occur annually in almost every continent of the earth; on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-bookchin/pages-could-be-written-on-the-immense-losses-of-productive-soil-that/) [Murray Bookchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-bookchin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/murray-bookchin-2587_air-pollution_pages-could-be-written-on-the-immense-lo_517148.jpg) > [“Stick out your arms," he'd say, "straight out at your sides," and when he had you in the appropriate cruciform position he'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-charles-wilson/stick-out-your-arms-he-d-say-straight-out-at-your-sides-and-when-he/) [Robert Charles Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-charles-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/robert-charles-wilson-4900_history_stick-out-your-arms-he-d-say-straight-ou_982440.jpg) > [Take the entire 4.5-billion-year history of the earth and scale it down to a single year, with January 1 being the origin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-shubin/take-the-entire-4-5-billion-year-history-of-the-earth-and-scale-it/) [Neil Shubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-shubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f6/neil-shubin-14335_algae_take-the-entire-4-5-billion-year-history_1529619.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history-earth/#itemlist", "name": "History Earth Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest city in the history of the Earth. -Wes Mantooth", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anchorman 2" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anchorman-2/the-greatest-city-in-the-history-of-the-earth-wes-mantooth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/anchorman-2-35156_history_the-greatest-city-in-the-history-of-the_641450.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/anchorman-2-35156_history_the-greatest-city-in-the-history-of-the_641450.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/anchorman-2-35156_history_the-greatest-city-in-the-history-of-the_641450.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The greatest city in the history of the Earth. -Wes Mantooth” — Anchorman 2", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; 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The geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Burroughs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/if-one-gains-an-interest-in-the-history-of-the-earth-he-is-quite-sure/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/john-burroughs-1157_biology_if-one-gains-an-interest-in-the-history_1702446.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/john-burroughs-1157_biology_if-one-gains-an-interest-in-the-history_1702446.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/john-burroughs-1157_biology_if-one-gains-an-interest-in-the-history_1702446.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If one gains an interest in the history of the earth, he is quite sure to gain an interest in the history of…” — John Burroughs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The cedars 'know the history of the earth better than history itself.' 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