Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No visiting angel, or explorer from another planet, could have guessed that this bland orb [Earth] teemed with vermin, with world-mastering, self-torturing,… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their… — John Milton Copy Share Image
If astronomy teaches anything, it teaches that man is but a detail in the evolution of the universe, and the resemblant though… — Percival Lowell Copy Share Image
Oft in the tranquil hour of night, When stars illume the sky, I gaze upon each orb of light, And wish that… — George Linley Copy Share Image
Let man then contemplate nature in full and lofty majesty, and turn his eyes away from the mean objects which surround him.… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
To most people, I fancy, the stars are beautiful; but if you asked why, they would be at a loss to reply,… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Within the mystery of life there is the infinite darkness of the night sky lit by distant orbs of fire, the cobbled… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
What is there in places empty of matter? and Whence is it that the sun and planets gravitate toward one another without… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
It soared, a bird, it held its flight, a swift pure cry, soar silver orb it leaped serene, speeding, sustained, to come,… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I would look up at the moon and see that it was not the smooth orb we had all believed, but a… — Christopher Pike Copy Share Image
The claim made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that the refugee question is a German problem is incorrect. It is a… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The fates have informed me that your examination in June will concern the Orb, and I am anxious to give you sufficient… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The time is going to come when [people] are going to really regret this, and they're gonna want to be within [Donald]… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Young love-making--that gossamer web! Even the points it clings to--the things whence its subtle interlacing are swung--are scarcely perceptible; momentary touches of… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
There’s something about Olivia de Havilland that has always set her apart from other actresses. Maybe it’s the combination of warmth, sensitivity… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
The orb came about because I wanted to do this kitsch sweater for Prince Charles when he went hunting and fishing with… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
Such is the imperfect nature of man! such spots are there on the disc of the clearest planet; and eyes like Miss… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The immortal mind, superior to his fate, amid the outrage of external things, firm as the solid base of this great world,… — Mark Akenside Copy Share Image
How vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations,… — Christiaan Huygens Copy Share Image
The black, hungry roses that Redd sent snaking towards the princess were easily squashed, the orbs and and unmanned, airborne blades of… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness. — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image