Terrestrial Quotes

76 Terrestrial quotes by 67 unique authors

We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible. There remains… — Galileo Galilei
Our generation may stand at a crucial breakpoint in history, for we in the presently affluent nations may be the last who can afford to… — Philip K. Chapman
The attainment of knowledge is the high and exclusive attribute of man, among the numberless myriads of animated beings, inhabitants of the terrestrial globe. On… — John Quincy Adams
My spirituality is parochial, terrestrial. I do qualify as a W.I.T.C.H. , but my irrecular practice and impromptu rituals don't aim at producing any dramatic… — Stephanie Mills
Bears are made of the same dust as we, and they breathe the same winds and drink of the same waters. A bear's days are… — John Muir
All that remains is a fate whose outcome alone is fatal. Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty. A… — Albert Camus
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit. — Stephen Hawking
It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we… — Samuel Johnson
The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man… — Jules Verne
On Wednesday, July 19, the Council, having gleaned and discerned, released its official verdict: the fall of the tile bearing the letter "Z" constitutes the… — Mark Dunn
Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. — H.G. Wells
Long, blue, spiky-edged shadows crept out across the snow-fields, while a rosy glow, at first scarce discernible, gradually deepened and suffused every mountain-top, flushing the… — John Muir
But there is always a November space after the leaves have fallen when she felt it was almost indecent to intrude on the woods…for their… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures; because the earth… — Stephen Jay Gould
Could it be that God was an extra-terrestrial? What do we mean when we say that heaven is in the clouds? From Jesus Christ to… — Erich von DÃ¤niken
To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject… — Victor Hugo
We’re beings toward death, we’re … two-legged, linguistically-conscious creatures born between urine and feces whose body will one day be the culinary delight of terrestrial… — Cornel West
God is in the mountains. Impassive, immovable, jagged giants, separating the celestial from the terrestrial with eternal diagonal certainty. As if silently monitoring the beating… — Russell Brand
Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. I thought of their unfathomable distance, and the slow… — H.G. Wells
An extra-terrestrial philosopher, who had watched a single youth up to the age of twenty-one and had never come across any other human being, might… — Bertrand Russell
The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried… — Jules Verne
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. — Ogden Nash
I believe that these extra-terrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets. Most astronauts were reluctant to discuss UFOs. — Gordon Cooper
If you borrowed my brain for five seconds, youd be like, Dude! Cant handle it, unplug this bastard! "It fires in a way thats maybe… — Charlie Sheen
I know why I wrote those songs. I was a fornicator, an adulterer. The celestial will not mix with the terrestrial. — Al Green

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