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"After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital."

"After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital."

Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman

Earth, Environment, Running, Words

40

"Since there always has to be a certain number of astronauts manning the station at all times, one of the main aspects of the mission was to transport a new team to the station and bring back some members of the previous team back to Earth."

"Since there always has to be a certain number of astronauts manning the station at all times, one of the main aspects of the mission was to transport a new team to the station and bring back some members of the previous team back to Earth."

Philippe Perrin, French Astronaut

40

"Unfortunately, we haven't found many very old rocks on Earth because our planet's surface is constantly renewed by plate tectonics, coupled with erosion."

"Unfortunately, we haven't found many very old rocks on Earth because our planet's surface is constantly renewed by plate tectonics, coupled with erosion."

Robert Duncan, American Poet

40

"We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth."

"We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth."

Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman

Earth, Future, Generations

39

"Salma is just one of the great goddesses ever put on this Earth."

"Salma is just one of the great goddesses ever put on this Earth."

Woody Harrelson, American Actor

39

"Not only the style, but the way in which you don't exactly know what on earth has happened or is happening till about page two hundred - then it all becomes apparent in a blinding flash."

"Not only the style, but the way in which you don't exactly know what on earth has happened or is happening till about page two hundred - then it all becomes apparent in a blinding flash."

Nicholas Mosley, British Novelist

39

"If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known."

"If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known."

W. E. B. Du Bois, American Writer

39

"Reason would lead us to the conclusion that Jehovah would not create a wonderful earth like this, permit man to bring it to a high state of cultivation in many places, and then completely destroy it."

"Reason would lead us to the conclusion that Jehovah would not create a wonderful earth like this, permit man to bring it to a high state of cultivation in many places, and then completely destroy it."

Joseph Rutherford, American Clergyman

Earth, Man, Reason, State

39

"In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory."

"In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory."

Barney Oliver, American Scientist

39

"With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above, and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland."

"With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above, and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland."

Tycho Brahe, Danish Scientist

Earth, Man, Mind, Sky

39

"The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it."

"The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Earth, Nothing, World

39

"But really it was just, it was perfect. You know, I actually got that feeling like you know what, maybe this is why I'm alive, you know - maybe this is why I'm here on this on earth."

"But really it was just, it was perfect. You know, I actually got that feeling like you know what, maybe this is why I'm alive, you know - maybe this is why I'm here on this on earth."

Stefano Langone, American Musician

39

"I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers who are urged to put themselves forward when it may be the last thing on earth they'd be good at."

"I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers who are urged to put themselves forward when it may be the last thing on earth they'd be good at."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

Earth, May, Writers

38

"I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest."

"I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest."

John Lithgow, American Actor

38

"The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?"

"The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?"

Richard Pryor, American Actor

38

"It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is."

"It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is."

Philippe Perrin, French Astronaut

38

"A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven."

"A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven."

Charles R. Swindoll, American Clergyman

38

"You don't live on the Earth you want, you live on the Earth you have."

"You don't live on the Earth you want, you live on the Earth you have."

Jeff Rich, American Explorer

38

"Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."

"Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."

Thomas More, English Author

Earth, Heaven, Sorrow

38

"Now you're coming back to Earth, and things are getting more and more dynamic."

"Now you're coming back to Earth, and things are getting more and more dynamic."

Duane G. Carey, American Astronaut

38

"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems."

"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Earth, Poems, Spring

38

"I guess when Rick is finished with his Journey to the Centre of the Earth, then we might have a go at something. We'd like to, we're open to it, and we've been talking about it."

"I guess when Rick is finished with his Journey to the Centre of the Earth, then we might have a go at something. We'd like to, we're open to it, and we've been talking about it."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

Earth, Journey, Open, Talking

38

"In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself."

"In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself."

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian Philosopher

Earth, Key, Lies, Open

38

"That includes not cutting down the rain forest, and stop polluting the ocean because once we kill the coral reefs and the rain forest, this earth is toast."

"That includes not cutting down the rain forest, and stop polluting the ocean because once we kill the coral reefs and the rain forest, this earth is toast."

Michael Berryman, American Actor

Earth, Ocean, Rain

38

"I believe all drunks go to heaven, because they've been through hell on Earth."

"I believe all drunks go to heaven, because they've been through hell on Earth."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Earth, Heaven, Hell

38

"One moment you appear to be riding the crest of a wave, only to have the rug pulled away from you, bringing you back down to earth with a sickening thud."

"One moment you appear to be riding the crest of a wave, only to have the rug pulled away from you, bringing you back down to earth with a sickening thud."

John Barrow, American Politician

37

"There is nothing on earth divine except humanity."

"There is nothing on earth divine except humanity."

Walter Savage Landor, English Poet

Earth, Humanity, Nothing

37

"Earth is a flower and it's pollinating."

"Earth is a flower and it's pollinating."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

37

"Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived."

"Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived."

Sidney Sheldon, American Novelist

37

"We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know."

"We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

37

"It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it."

"It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it."

Neil Armstrong, American Astronaut

37

"No, I was talking to the network and Universal about plans for a third season where Buck would go back to Earth and would focus on stories around the planet and show what it was like 500 years later."

"No, I was talking to the network and Universal about plans for a third season where Buck would go back to Earth and would focus on stories around the planet and show what it was like 500 years later."

Gil Gerard, American Actor

Earth, Focus, Network, Talking

37

"Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it."

"Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

Earth, Fact, Now

37

"We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody."

"We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

37

"Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth."

"Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth."

Edward Burnett Tylor, English Scientist

Earth, Lies, Snow

37

"It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am."

"It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am."

Peter O'Toole, Irish Actor

36

"When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright side emits its splendour towards the earth."

"When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright side emits its splendour towards the earth."

Marcus V. Pollio, American Architect

Earth, Effect, Sun

36

"So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth."

"So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth."

Black Elk, American Leader

36

"It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead."

"It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

36

"But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth."

"But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth."

Sally Ride, American Astronaut

36

"Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth."

"Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth."

Augustus Hare, English Writer

Earth, Heaven, Nothing

36

"Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions."

"Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

Earth, Nothing, Now

36

"If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off."

"If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off."

Norman Ralph Augustine, American Author

Earth, Managers

36

"The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth."

"The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth."

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian Author

Earth, Freedom, Spiritual

36

"We are here, on earth. Not one of us has any right to the earth."

"We are here, on earth. Not one of us has any right to the earth."

Benjamin Tucker, American Activist

36

"Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth."

"Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth."

Laurel Clark, American Astronaut

36

"It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift."

"It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift."

William Graham Sumner, American Businessman

Earth, Land, Race

35

"I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth."

"I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth."

Sanaa Lathan, American Actress

35

"Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give."

"Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give."

Amy Lowell, American Poet

35

"I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced."

"I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced."

Wally Schirra, American Astronaut

Earth, First, Moon

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