Quote by Alan Weisman Download Open image ““pulsations that rock the planet.”” — Alan Weisman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The noise distorts the truth but we can break through, we need to base our foundation upon the Rock.” — Eric Samuel Timm Copy Share Image
“What's the world to the all powerful? A circle spinning. And to the children of the earth? A cradle rocking.” — Waldo Williams Copy Share Image
“...with enough rock in your system, you could hear every noise in the universe.” — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
“I dropped my head into my arms. I could hear the sea vibrating, the tiny hiss of displaced sand and the click of stones.… — Elizabeth Buchan Copy Share Image
“Well, if nothing else, you are that rock. You can look at it and know that even though the elements can change your shape,… — June Gray Copy Share Image
“This is what happens when you come out of your shell. You get rocks thrown at you by the universe.” — Sara Barnard Copy Share Image
“We live on an amazing planet and sometimes we are quick to forget this.” — Eric Dahlin Copy Share Image
“The Panama Canal,' says Abdiel Perez, 'is like a wound that humans inflicted on the Earth--one that nature is trying to heal.” — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
The fact that the infrastructure is falling apart is not necessarily because it's built poorly. The New York City subways were built in 1903.… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
“Before artificial nitrogen fertilizer became widely available, the world's population was around 2 billion. When we no longer have it - or if we… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
“Puszcza, an old Polish word, means “forest primeval.” Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, the half-million acres of the Białowieża Puszcza contain Europe’s… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
“In recent years, a green burial movement has protested formaldehyde, which oxidizes to formic acid, the toxic in fire ants and bee stingers, as… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
“In the days when money was backed by its face value in silver or gold, there were limits to how much wealth could flow… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
“Missing, however, are nearly all fauna adapted to us. The seemingly invincible cockroach, a tropical import, long ago froze in unheated apartment buildings. Without… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
All of us humans have myriad other species to thank. Without them, we couldn't exist. It's that simple, and we can't afford to ignore… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
In a future that portends stronger and more-frequent hurricanes striking North America's Atlantic coast, ferocious winds will pummel tall, unsteady structures. Some will topple,… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
The real people who hold our civilization together are the maintenance people. If it weren't for them - pumping water out of subways, painting… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
“Once, we built structures entirely from the most durable substances we knew: granite block, for instance. The results are still around today to admire,… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
