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Earth Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
- The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation.
- The body of the earth is of the nature of a fish... because it draws water as its breath instead of air.
- The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it.
- We might say that the earth has the spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil.
- The first of all single colors is white ... We shall set down white for the representative of light, without which no color can be…
- The sun gives spirit and life to the plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.
- ... we might say that the earth has a spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil, its bones the arrangement and connection of…
- The knowledge of the past times and of the places of the earth is both an ornament and nutriment to the human mind.
- Nothing will be left, Nothing in the air, nothing under the earth, nothing in the waters. All will be exterminated.
- Each man is always in the middle of the surface of the earth and under the zenith of his own hemisphere, and over the centre…
- For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will…
- Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.
- Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will…
More Earth Quotes
- The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
- It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one… — Neil Armstrong
- Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
- It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced… — Neil Armstrong
- I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves… — Sean Astin
- Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas… — Margaret Atwood
- We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
- What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. — Marcus Aurelius
- Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
- Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. — Michele Bachmann