Planets Quotes

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Geology is the science which investigates the successive changes that have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of nature; it enquires into the… — Charles Lyell
...the life of the planet began the long, slow process of modulating and regulating the physical conditions of the planet. The oxygen in today's atmosphere… — Lewis Thomas
Every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life that stretches back to the first primitive organism to appear on this… — George Wald
There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the Sun and its… — Seth Shostak
[Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest… — W. W. Rouse Ball
If we can possibly avoid wrecking this little planet of ours, we will, But-there must be risks! There must be. In experimental work there always… — George Herbert
It is notorious that the same discovery is frequently made simultaneously and quite independently, by different persons. Thus, to speak of only a few cases… — Francis Galton
Le Verrier-without leaving his study, without even looking at the sky-had found the unknown planet [Neptune] solely by mathematical calculation, and, as it were, touched… — Camille Flammarion
Ecologically speaking, a spilt tanker load is like sticking a safety pin into an elephant's foot. The planet barely notices. After the Exxon Valdez accident… — Jeremy Clarkson
On our planet, all objects are subject to continual and inevitable changes which arise from the essential order of things. These changes take place at… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Evolution is a fact, as securely established as any in science, and he who denies it betrays woeful ignorance and lack of education, which likely… — Richard Dawkins
There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism. — Daniel Dennett
What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing each other, wiping… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
One orbit, with a radius of 42,000 kilometers, has a period of exactly 24 hours. A body in such an orbit, if its plane coincided… — Arthur C. Clarke
The historian of science may be tempted to claim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them. Led by a new paradigm, scientists… — Thomas Kuhn
I am filled with fear and tormented with terrible visions of pain. Everywhere people are hurting one another, the planet is rampant with injustices, whole… — Robert Anton Wilson
The only thing we have to fear on this planet is man. — Carl Jung
This 3HO shall be the most important legacy on this planet for the Age of Aquarius. Sooner or later people will experience a tremendous amount… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Recent breakthroughs in science show we have just the capacities we need to face our planet's challenges. We're "soft-wired" for cooperation, empathy, fairness, along with… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
That which you or I think is most unique about ourselves we hide. In ordinary discourse, in the normal state, we share our common self,… — Robert E. Quinn

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