Planets Quotes
2655 quotes by 1577 authors
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People talk about human intelligence as the greatest adaptation in the history of the planet. It is an amazing and marvelous thing, but in evolutionary…
— Stephen Jay Gould
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Globalization has enriched the planet beyond belief, leading to ever-increased demands of perfection. And thanks to 24/7 communications, we all instantaneously know when these expectations…
— Victor Davis Hanson
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I really beleive that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of, let's say 100,000 miles, their outlook…
— Michael Collins
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The first night Stephen and I slept together, he whispered numbers into my ear: long, high numbers -- distances between planets, seconds in a life.…
— Peter Cameron
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Pity the planet, all joy gone from this sweet volcanic cone; peace to our children when they fall in small war on the heel of…
— Robert Lowell
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The sun sliced through the windshield, sealing me in light. I closed my eyes and felt the warmth on my eyelids. Sunlight traveled a long…
— Haruki Murakami
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Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do…
— John Scalzi
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There are a dozen different ways of delivering destruction in impersonal wholesale, via ships and missiles of one sort or another, catastrophes so widespread, so…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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Any planet is 'Earth' to those that live on it.
— Isaac Asimov
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Itt iss Eevill…" "What is going to happen?" "Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!"… "And we’re not alone, you know, children," came Mrs.Whatsit, the comforter. "…some…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.
— John F. Kennedy
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When I was 14, a camp counselor explained what "eating out" was and I vowed to never have it done to me. It seemed cannibalistic…
— Sloane Crosley
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She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.
— Janet Fitch
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This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much…
— Douglas Adams
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I didn't know what to say to her. What do you say to people when they ask how it feels to lose everything? When every…
— Sherman Alexie
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Someday you're really going to have to describe to me in more detail what life is like on the planet you live on. Because it…
— Meg Cabot
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Although you may not stumble across a Martian in the garden, you might stumble across yourself. The day that happens, you'll probably also scream a…
— Jostein Gaarder
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It's because we're so trapped in our culture, in the being of being human on this planet with the brains we have, and the same…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and…
— Simon Armitage
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Why worry about minor little details like clean air, clean water, safe ports and the safety net when Jesus is going to give the world…
— Arianna Huffington
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