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"Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth."

"Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

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"Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion is natural, not violent."

"Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion is natural, not violent."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

15

"It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it."

"It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

15

"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth."

"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth."

Ted Williams, American Athlete

Earth, Managers

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"Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth."

"Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

15

"We live in the best place on earth but at times the worst."

"We live in the best place on earth but at times the worst."

Daley Thompson, English Athlete

14

"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

14

"I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet."

"I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Earth, Independence, Living, Security

14

"So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth."

"So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth."

Sally Ride, American Astronaut

14

"To see you naked is to recall the Earth."

"To see you naked is to recall the Earth."

Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish Poet

14

"If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you!"

"If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you!"

Matthew Simpson, American Clergyman

Earth, Joy, May, Will

14

"Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space."

"Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space."

Walter Lang, American Director

Earth, Evolution, Scripture, Space

14

"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

14

"Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower."

"Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower."

William C. Bryant, American Poet

14

"Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth."

"Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth."

David Sarnoff, American Inventor

14

"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

14

"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

14

"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

14

"There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew."

"There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

14

"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

14

"Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land."

"Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land."

Susan George, American Activist

14

"We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory."

"We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory."

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French Photographer

14

"And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears."

"And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American Writer

Earth, Smile, Tears, Worth

14

"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

14

"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

14

"We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth."

"We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth."

Hans Kung, Swiss Theologian

Earth, Problems

14

"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

14

"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

14

"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

14

"We were on the dark side of the Earth when we started to see outside the window this soft pink glow, which is a lot of little angry ions out there going very fast. We were hitting them very fast."

"We were on the dark side of the Earth when we started to see outside the window this soft pink glow, which is a lot of little angry ions out there going very fast. We were hitting them very fast."

Robert Crippen, American Astronaut

14

"Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth."

"Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Earth, Now, Open, Sleep

14

$"Certainly paleontologists have found samples of an extremely small fraction, only, of the earth's extinct species, and even for groups that are most readily preserved and found as fossils they can never expect to find more than a fraction."$

"Certainly paleontologists have found samples of an extremely small fraction, only, of the earth's extinct species, and even for groups that are most readily preserved and found as fossils they can never expect to find more than a fraction."

George G. Simpson, American Paleontologist

14

"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

13

"Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth."

"Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth."

David Hare, English Playwright

Earth, Heaven, Nothing

13

"If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil."

"If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil."

Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat

13

"For years, I've been wondering what could happen to nuclear submarines when they dive and disappear from the surface of the earth for months, without a trace. No one really knows where they are."

"For years, I've been wondering what could happen to nuclear submarines when they dive and disappear from the surface of the earth for months, without a trace. No one really knows where they are."

Guy Hamilton, British Director

Earth, Months, Years

13

"We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites."

"We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites."

Martin H. Fischer, American Physician

13

"The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens."

"The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

13

"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

13

"But the Jews will also be believers, so you can say that all the saints, both gentiles and Jews, will go into the millennial kingdom and populate the earth."

"But the Jews will also be believers, so you can say that all the saints, both gentiles and Jews, will go into the millennial kingdom and populate the earth."

Tim LaHaye, American Clergyman

Earth, Saints, Will

13

"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

13

"Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth."

"Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth."

Edward Dahlberg, American Novelist

Earth, Literature

13

"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

13

"In his brief 21 years on this earth, Michael Smith Jr. touched countless lives."

"In his brief 21 years on this earth, Michael Smith Jr. touched countless lives."

Mike DeWine, American Politician

13

"When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah."

"When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah."

Cat Stevens, British Musician

Earth, Religious, Space

13

"On Earth, we still have a beautiful atmosphere that precisely maintains a thermally driven climatic system that shelters, shields and sustains our natural treasures."

"On Earth, we still have a beautiful atmosphere that precisely maintains a thermally driven climatic system that shelters, shields and sustains our natural treasures."

Jay Inslee, American Politician

13

"It's almost like while you are working for the WWF everything is fine and good, but if you are no longer employed by them they want you to just drop off the face of the earth and it's like you never existed."

"It's almost like while you are working for the WWF everything is fine and good, but if you are no longer employed by them they want you to just drop off the face of the earth and it's like you never existed."

Jerry Lawler, American Entertainer

13

"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

13

"I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus."

"I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus."

Sarah Zettel, American Author

Earth, Living, Moon, Race

13

"Each person has their own calling on this Earth."

"Each person has their own calling on this Earth."

Billy Ray Cyrus, American Musician

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