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Earth Quotes by Rachel Carson
- Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Whatever the vexations…
- We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have…
- I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life - past, present, and future.
- The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials.…
- Why would anyone believe it is possible to lay down such barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for…
- The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials.
- The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the…
- These sprays, dusts, and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests, and homes-nonselective chemicals that have the power to kill every insect,…
- By suggestion and example, I believe children can be helped to hear the many voices about them. Take Time to listen and talk about the…
- Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Those who contemplate the beauty of the…
- The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth - soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife.
- The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, . . . when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man…
- I believe natural beauty has a necessary place in the spiritual development of any individual or any society. I believe that whenever we substitute something…
- And so in my mind's eye these coastal forms merge and blend in a shifting, kaleidoscopic pattern in which there is no finality, no ultimate…
- Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.
- Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing…
- It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the…
- In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.
- Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
- Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.
- Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find resources of strength that will endure as long as life lasts
- It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of…
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