Planets Quotes
2655 quotes by 1610 authors
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Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, "Science for Science's sake" is an absurd conception. We cannot know all the facts since…
— Henri Poincare
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Four elements, Hydrogen, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen, also provide an example of the astonishing togetherness of our universe. They make up the "organic" molecules that…
— George Wald
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I tell my students, with a feeling of pride that I hope they will share, that the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen that make up ninety-nine…
— George Wald
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Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned Haldane, 'is it not inevitable…
— Ronald Knox
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Once I got into space, I was feeling very comfortable in the universe. I felt like I had a right to be anywhere in this…
— Mae Jemison
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The Builder of this Universe was wise, He plann'd all souls, all systems, planets, particles: The Plan He shap'd all Worlds and Æons by, Was-Heavens!-was…
— Thomas Carlyle
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The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I am from the planet of elegance.
— Ron Carter
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We are the only species on this planet without full employment.
— Paul Hawken
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The notion of saving the planet has nothing to do with intellectual honesty or science. The fact is that the planet was here long before…
— Lynn Margulis
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Hardware is easy to protect: lock it in a room, chain it to a desk, or buy a spare. Information poses more of a problem.…
— Bruce Schneier
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You have to temper the iron. Every hardship is an opportunity that you are given, an opportunity to grow. To grow is the sole purpose…
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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Think of it. We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all to feed everybody, clothe…
— R. Buckminster Fuller
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Here in a little lonely room I am master of earth and sea, And the planets come to me.
— Arthur Symons
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We all share one planet and are one hummanity, there is no escaping this reality.
— Wangari Maathai
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The future is in our hands. We are not hapless bystanders. We can influence whether we have a planet of peace, social justice, equity, and…
— James Wolfensohn
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Men of sense esteem wealth to be the assimilation of nature to themselves, the converting of the sap and juices of the planet to the…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The lessons of science should be experimental also. The sight of a planet through a telescope is worth all the course on astronomy; the shock…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Astronomy is a cold, desert science, with all its pompous figures,-depends a little too much on the glass-grinder, too little on the mind. 'T is…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it. We cannot cede…
— Barack Obama
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