Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 54
But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 8
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. Josh Billings American Comedian More Josh Billings Quotes 7
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew. Marshall McLuhan Canadian Sociologist More Marshall McLuhan Quotes 6
So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. Thomas Merton American Author More Thomas Merton Quotes 4
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. Samuel Butler British Poet More Samuel Butler Quotes 4
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor More Marcus Aurelius Quotes 3
Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth. Margaret Thatcher English Leader More Margaret Thatcher Quotes 3
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth. Will Rogers American Actor More Will Rogers Quotes 3
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David Thoreau American Author More Henry David Thoreau Quotes 3
There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth. Meryl Streep American Actress More Meryl Streep Quotes 3
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. Zig Ziglar American Speaker More Zig Ziglar Quotes 3
The atmosphere of Venus is so alien compared to Earth, yet it's our sister planet. We've got the same size, the same materials basically and almost the same gravity. Kevin Baines More Kevin Baines Quotes 2
The fish in the water is silent, the animals on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air. Rabindranath Tagore Indian Poet More Rabindranath Tagore Quotes 2
There are stars who's light only reaches the earth long after they have fallen appart. There are people who's remembrance gives light in this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in our darkest nights on the road we must follow. The Talmud More The Talmud Quotes 2
There is nothing, nowhere, neither on earth nor in heavens, that can make the true untrue or the untrue true. Bartolomeo Vanzetti More Bartolomeo Vanzetti Quotes 2
When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place. Helen Gahagan Douglas American More Helen Gahagan Douglas Quotes 2
But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms. Ellen G. White American Writer More Ellen G. White Quotes 2
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. Buddha Leader More Buddha Quotes 2
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). Ayn Rand Russian Writer More Ayn Rand Quotes 2
All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Jesus Christ Clergyman More Jesus Christ Quotes 1
For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth. Countee Cullen American Poet More Countee Cullen Quotes 1