Our Planet Quotes - Page 16

• The universe couldn't care less about us. I say this very clearly in the film [ "Into the Inferno"]: our planet is "indifferent to scurrying roaches, retarded reptiles and vapid humans alike."

  Werner Herzog

  Vapid, Roaches, Reptiles

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• It's not because nature is angry, it's rather that we are stupid. We're not doing the right thing with our planet.

  Werner Herzog

  Stupid, Planets, Angry

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• Our planet energetically has transformed, almost into an energetic womb in readiness for a very strong shift in consciousness.

  Christine McCormick Day

  Strong, Consciousness, Womb

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• Our planet has been around only for four and a half billion years. Let's imagine a planet that has life on it such as life is on Earth and it's seven billion years old. Let's say that planet evolved intelligence. Well, that intelligence would be way more advanced than what we call intelligence here on Earth. How long has intelligence been around on Earth as we've come to define it?

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Years, Long, Half

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When the camera is looking back at our planet Earth, it's the tiniest of specks somewhere out there in the universe. So we do have a new sense of proportion. Of course the volcanoes and the magma under us just remind us of that.

  Werner Herzog

  Volcanoes, Earth, Cameras

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• If there's reason for hope, it lies in man's occasional binges of cooperation. To save our planet, we'll need that kind of heroic effort, in which all types of people join forces for the common good

  George Meyer

  Lying, Future, Men

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• To shift the direction of our planet, we must now be willing to experiment with the theory that within the speed and stress, we are good.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Stress, Speed, Theory

  Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.196, Harmony

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• I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on earth. This was the moment - this was the time - when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves and our highest ideals.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Children, War

  Democratic Nomination Victory Speech, delivered 3 June 2008, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Goal, Ambitious, Saving

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• Imagine what our planet would look like with an increase in temperature of two degrees or four degrees, given that at 0.8 degrees we already have serious problems in the world.

  Evo Morales

  Two, Degrees, Looks

  "Bolivia's defiant leader sets radical tone at Cancún climate talks" by John Vidal, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2010.

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• The shadow of a cornstalk on the ground is lovely, but it is no denial of its loveliness to see as one looks on it that it is telling the time of day, the position of the earth and the sun, the size of our planet and its shape, and perhaps even the length of its life and ours among the stars.

  Arthur Miller

  Stars, Lovely, Shadow

  Arthur Miller (2016). “The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller”, p.156, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• If God consistently sent lightning bolts in response to bad doctrine, our planet would sparkle nightly like a Christmas tree.

  Philip Yancey

  Tree, Lightning, Doctrine

  Philip Yancey (2009). “Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud”, p.63, Harper Collins

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• The ability of human beings to be creative depends fundamentally on the health and well-being of our biosphere, the few kilometres of air, water, and soil that surround our planet like the skin of an apple. Quite simply, they are the physical and spiritual bases of our lives, and the only source of materials and tools.

  Freeman Patterson

  Spiritual, Air, Apples

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• Today we understand that the future of humanity very much depends on our planet, and that the future of the planet very much depends on humanity.

  Dalai Lama

  Humanity, Today, Planets

  Dalai Lama XIV (1995). “My Tibet”, p.80, Univ of California Press

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• The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.

  Q'orianka Kilcher

  Heart, Justice, Comforting

  "LatinoBuzz: Interview with Q’orianka Kilcher". Interview with Juan Caceres, www.indiewire.com. February 6, 2013.

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• James Lovelock is one of the great thinkers of our time. His ideas and inventions have opened up new insights into our planet and the way it works, and the story behind them will appeal to a very wide audience. I am pleased to recommend this book.

  Chris Rapley

  Book, Ideas, Way

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• If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand the dominant form of life on our planet - microorganisms like bacteria and viruses.

  Nathan Wolfe

  Trying, Viruses, Earth

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• The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life on our planet.

  Nathan Wolfe

  World, Way, History Of Life

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• If we each take responsibility in shifting our own behavior, we can trigger the type of change that is necessary to achieve sustainability for our race or this planet. We change our planet, our environment, our humanity every day, every year, every decade, and every millennia.

  Yehuda Berg

  Responsibility, Race, Years

  "We All Have Oil on Our Hands" by Yehuda Berg, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2010.

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• There are many things that are still uncertain and that probably nobody knows, because so many factors determine what form the transformation of consciousness on our planet takes.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Transformation, Consciousness, Uncertain

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• Our planet
  is poorly equipped
  for delight.
  One must snatch
  gladness
  from the days that are.
  In this life
  it's not difficult to die.
  To make life
  is more difficult by far.

  Vladimir Mayakovsky

  Delight, Life Is, This Life

  Vladimir Mayakovsky (1965). “Mayakovsky”

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• I think it needs to be with a heart-based wisdom and this heart-based wisdom needs to go hand in hand with science and with social activism and love for our planet and love for our whole human family that spans the whole globe and this may sound very high and mighty or airy-fairy, but it's going to have to go to that or else we're just all going to destroy each other.

  Rainn Wilson

  Heart, Thinking, Hands

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. November 11, 2010.

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• I think the environmental movement is the biggest people's movement in the world. Unfortunately, our governments and corporations haven't responded accordingly to protect our planet's natural resources.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Thinking, Government, People

  "Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio Interview, J Edgar". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. November 2011.

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• Each of us has a responsibility for the sustainability of our planet and each of us can make a difference if we choose to do so.

  Miranda Kerr

  Responsibility, Differences, Making A Difference

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• Phone networks can capture life on our planet.

  Carlo Ratti

  Phones, Capture, Planets

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