Quotes and Sayings about Earth

I love the earth. If you ask me it's the greatest planet in the world.

We called her Mother Earth. Because she gave birth to us, and then we sucked her dry.

I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.

Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better place.

Earth is the foundation that supports all life. Stone fortifies us. Rock grounds us.

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.

Earth's tombstone may be like:
"Everyone wanted the best - for themselves."

What began as a common desire to secure wilderness for people to enjoy, has become a worldwide movement to preserve these areas for future generations. They're a place to escape the burdens of everyday life and an inspiration for our children. They're a haven for endangered species and a hotbed for scientific research.

Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.

Nature has to be felt.

We are not to tell Nature what she's gotta be! She's clever. She's always got better imagination than we have.

We like to spend time in nature because it won't judge us.

For observing nature, the best pace is a snail's pace.

The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.

Nature gives so much more than it asks for in return.

Nature's my religion. Earth's my church. Loving every creature is my belief.

Change the System! Not the Climate!

We can halt the destruction of the world's rainforests - and even restore parts of them - in order to ensure that the forests do what they are so good at - in other words, storing carbon naturally.

There can be no lasting prosperity for our people, if we do not protect our planet.

There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man.

The natural world can continue to surprise us as long as we give it space to thrive.

Every person is a special thought of God, not only humanity as a whole.

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

Every girl is pretty in her own way, like a snowflake in a seasonal antarctic storm.

Antarctica is the most remote continent on the planet. It has 90% of the world's ice, but it's considered a desert, because the annual rainfall is only about eight inches. You wouldn't think it was a desert when you looked at it. That's why I like it. It's not what it looks like.

We can't achieve peace if we don't fight poverty in third world countries.

I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World.

Stuart McCormick: "We don't have a Nintendo, we got a calico-vision plugged into the black and white TV."
Kyle: "Oh my god, this is like a third world country."

Sand is overrated. It's just tiny, little rocks.

The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

The fate of our country is now in the hands of people who don't think about what they want until they get right up to the register at McDonald's.

When did fact checking and journalism go their separate ways?

The ocean is a source of inspiration, wonder, and awe. Diving allows us to tap into that inspiration and to experience the world in a whole new way.

We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing this problem and it needs to end.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything.

The last day dawns on the Kingdom of Ascalon. It arrives with no fanfare, no tolling of alarms. Those who will remember, will speak fondly of the warm morning breeze. People carry on with their daily lives, unaware that in a short while... everything they have ever known will come to an end.

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Maybe hope is the last wisdom of the fools.

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.