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
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. Samuel Butler British Poet More Samuel Butler 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
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
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. Zig Ziglar American Speaker More Zig Ziglar Quotes 3
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
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
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth. Will Rogers American Actor More Will Rogers Quotes 3
There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth. Meryl Streep American Actress More Meryl Streep 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
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
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
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
When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place. Helen Gahagan Douglas American More Helen Gahagan Douglas 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
It used to be said that Pluto is a misfit. But now we know Earth is the misfit. This is the most populous class of planet in our solar system and we have never sent a mission to this class. Alan Stern More Alan Stern Quotes 1
We want to learn about the mistakes of Venus for the sake of the Earth. David Southwood More David Southwood Quotes 1
I wasn't very happy with the existing literature. They tended to look at the Earth as a cube. When people read books on the war, it's always like looking through a pipe at one theater or battle. They fail to engage the interrelationship between events. Gerhard Weinberg More Gerhard Weinberg Quotes 1