Planets Quotes

• The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

  Adrienne Rich

  Inspirational, Motivational, Feminist

  "The Last Poem I Loved: 'Modotti' by Adrienne Rich" by Laura Goode, therumpus.net. April 02, 2012.

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• We all come from our own little planets. That's why we're all different. That's what makes life interesting.

  Robert E. Sherwood

  Interesting, Different, Littles

  "Fictional character: Dudley". "The Bishop's Wife", www.imdb.com. 1947.

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• I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

  Jack London

  Inspirational, Life, Ambition

  Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

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• We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

  Stephen Hawking

  Stars, Cheer Up, Humility

  "Der Spiegel", October 17, 1988.

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• I am a dreamer. Seriously, I'm living on another planet.

  Eva Green

  Dream, Dreamer, Living On

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• Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.

  Johannes Kepler

  Moving, Focus, Sun

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• The planet does nothing but support us, and we are constantly committing crimes against nature

  Daphne Zuniga

  Nature, Support, Doe

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• This land, this water, this air, this planet - this is our legacy to our young.

  Paul Tsongas

  Land, Air, Water

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• Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Nature

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• After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

  William S. Burroughs

  Funny, Hilarious, Witty

  William S. Burroughs (1993). “The Adding Machine: Selected Essays”, p.125, Arcade Publishing

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• As for me, I'm just passin' through this planet.

  Howard Finster

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• I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

  Isabel Allende

  Peace, Promise, Working Together

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• Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Death

  Commencement Address at American University, Washington, D.C., 10 June 1963

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• I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

  Jack London

  Sleep, Atoms, Writing Words

  Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

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• A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth

  Christopher Wren

  Clever, Future, Eye

  "If the Universe is Teeming with Aliens-- where is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life". Book by Stephen Webb, p. 150, quoting "Inaugural Lecture as Professor of Astronomy, Gresham College", 2002.

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• Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

  Victoria Principal

  Healthy, Environmental, Environment

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• I would like to see us get this place right first before we have the arrogance to put significantly flawed civilizations out onto other planets, even though they may be utterly uninhabited.

  Patrick Stewart

  Civilization, Arrogance, May

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If we ever start communicating with living creatures from other planets, the number one priority is, how are you going to communicate information? Even between different cultures here on Earth, you get into communication problems.

  Story Musgrave

  Communication, Numbers, Priorities

  Academy of Archievment interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development.

  Alexander Herzen

  Generations, Development, Introducing

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• Saturn Return is just the return of your planets to their original position.

  Billy Corgan

  Saturn, Return, Position

  Interview with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2005.

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• We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.

  Christopher Dodd

  Children, Stewardship, States

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• There are probably already too many people on the planet.

  Nina Fedoroff

  People, Global Warming, Climate Change

  "Earth population 'exceeds limits'". news.bbc.co.uk. March 31, 2009.

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• What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

  Henry David Thoreau

  Love, Inspiring, Peace

  Henry David Thoreau, Joseph O. Valentine, Thoreau Society (2001). “Thoreau on Land: Nature's Canvas”, p.79, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Thinking, Beam, Scotty

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• Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

  Iris Murdoch

  People, Literature, Wavelength

  Iris Murdoch (2010). “The Message To The Planet”, p.536, Random House

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