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“Sometimes I wonder if my purpose on this earth is to be a role model. Look at my challenges as a gift, and my voice as tool.”
Anastacia (born 1968) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Resurrection, Anastacia.com, 2013.
“Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.”
Arthur Murphy (1727–1805) first seen 1756 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Apprentice: A Farce in Two Acts (1756).
“I would not have believed such an inferno could open up on earth. Men died but they did not retreat.”
Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Europe in Our Time, 1914 to the Present" - Page 571 - by Robert Reinhold Ergang - Europe - 1953
“We believe on this earth in Adolf Hitler alone! We believe in National Socialism as the creed which is the sole source of grace! We believe that Almighty God has sent us Adolf Hitler so that he may rid Germany of the hypocrites and Pharisees.”
Robert Ley (1890–1945) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in W. W. Coole, Władysław Wszebór Kulski, M. F. Potter Thus Spake Germany (1941), p. 30
“Our world is in profound danger. Mankind must establish a set of positive values with which to secure its own survival. This quest for enlightenment must begin now. It is essential that all men and women become aware of what they are, why they are here on Earth and what they must do to preserve civilization before it is too late.”
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Introduction to The Path (1999), based on ideas presented in Thinking and Destiny (1946) by Harold W. Percival, p. 12
“Robert Neville looked out over the new people of the earth. He knew he did not belong to them; he knew that, like the vampires, he was anathema and black terror to be destroyed. And, abruptly, the concept came, amusing to him even in his pain. ... Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.”
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'd been in the densest part of the earth's aura he told me, an aqueous region which was the source of myths about the waters of Lethe, the River Styx.”
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No wonder round those urns of mingled clays That Tuscan potters fashion’d in old days, And colour’d like the torrid earth ablaze,We find the little gods and loves portray’d, Through ancient forests wandering undismay’d, And fluting hymns of pleasure unafraid.”
Edmund Gosse (1849–1928) said by 1928 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So my great love for thee lies tranquil, deep, Forever; though above it passions fierce, Ambition, hatred, jealousy; like waves That seem from earth’s core to the sky to leap, But ocean’s depths can never really pierce; Hide its great calm, while all the surface raves.”
Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921) first seen 1874 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sonnet II" in Scribner's Monthly Vol. IX (November 1874 - April 1875), p. 359.
“Collective human consciousness and life on our planet are intrinsically connected. “A new heaven” is the emergence of a transformed state of human consciousness, and “a new earth” is its reflection in the physical realm.”
Eckhart Tolle (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The white race is absolutely disagreeable to get along with in peace. No other people on the face of the earth have been able to get along with white people since white people have been on our planet.”
Khalid Abdul Muhammad (1948–2001) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Louis Theroux on Weird Weekends (2 June 1999)
“Carry his body hence,— Kings must have slaves; Kings climb to eminence Over men's graves: So this man's eye is dim;— Throw the earth over him.”
Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921) said by 1921 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who would have believed it probable or possible, before these discoveries were made, that beneath the heap of earth and rubbish which marked the site of Nineveh, there would be found the history of the wars between Hezekiah and Sennacherib, written at the very time when they took place by Sennacherib himself, and confirming even in minute details the Biblical record?”
Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nineveh and Babylon by Sir Austen Henry Layard, (1882) pp. 51-2
“Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace, And lay them prone upon the earth and cease To ponder on themselves, the while they stare At nothing, intricately drawn nowhere.”
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) first seen 1923 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sonnet XXII from The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems (1923)
“The time when Russia could be kept out of the world's oceans has gone forever. We shall sail all the world's seas; no force on earth can prevent us.”
Matvei Zakharov (1898–1972) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Soviet Russia and the Middle East (1970) by Aaron S. Klieman, p. 46
“I think the problem is that we don't really understand what we are. In essence we're just a conceited, naked ape. But in our minds we're some sort of "divine legend", and we see ourselves as some sort of god. That we can walk around the earth deciding who will live and who will die and what will be destroyed and what will be saved. But the fact is we're just a bunch of primates out of control.”
Paul Watson (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A virus kills its host and that is exactly what we are doing with our planet's life support system. We are killing our host the planet Earth.”
Paul Watson (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Soviet rocket troops possess enough equipment to be able, if need be, to sweep any aggressor from the face of the earth at whatever point of the globe he may be and whatever military power, territory, or economy he may possess.”
Sergey Biryuzov (1904–1964) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Military Procurement Authorization" - Page 347 - United States - 1963
“O child! dear child! Above the clouds I lift my wing To hear the bells of Heaven ring; Some of their music, though my flights be wild, To Earth I bring; Then let me soar and sing!”
Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Singer" (1860).
“The year of jubilee has come; Gather the gifts of Earth with equal hand; Henceforth ye too may share the birthright soil, The corn, the wine, and all the harvest-home.”
Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908) first seen 1869 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Feast of the Harvest" in The Blameless Prince : And Other Poems (1869).
“My name is Patrick, and I'm a biped carbon-based life form. In my spare time I enjoy walking upright and being warm-blooded, and I'm a Scorpio.* I live here … on planet Earth, a piece of rock orbiting a giant fireball in the middle of nowhere. I feel I belong here.”
Pat Condell (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For ever and ever, my darling, yes— Goodness and love are undying; Only the troubles and cares of earth Are winged from the first for flying. Our way we plough In the furrow "now;" But after the tilling and growing the sheaf; Soil for the root, but the sun for the leaf— And God keepeth watch forever.”
Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Not that the earth doth yield In hill or dale, in forest or in field, A rarer plant.”
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590) said by 1590 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Du Bartas
“To man the earth seems altogether No more a mother, but a step-dame rather.”
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590) said by 1590 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Du Bartas
“The joys of marriage are the heaven on earth, Life's paradise, great princess, the soul's quiet, Sinews of concord, earthly immortality, Eternity of pleasures; no restoratives Like to a constant woman!”
John Ford (dramatist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Heaven is not reached at a single bound; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit, round by round.”
Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is intended that we shall accomplish all, through law, that we can accomplish for ourselves. God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest. He does not unearth the good that the earth contains, but He puts it in our way, and gives us the means of getting it ourselves.”
Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Foul canker of fair virtuous action, Vile blaster of the freshest blooms on earth, Envys abhorrèd child, Detraction, I here expose, to thy all-tainting breath, The issue of my brain: snarl, rail, bark, bite, Know that my spirit scorns Detraction's spite.”
John Marston (1576–1634) first seen 1598 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Detraction I Present My Poesy", line 1, from The Scourge of Villainy (1598-99).
“If all men were upon an equality in point of means, England would become what the wilds of America are, inhabited by wild men; nobody would work except just to provide food and raiment for the day; and our country would become the most beggarly upon the earth, instead of being what it formerly was (and I hope and trust will be again) the pride of its people and the envy of the world.”
William Cobbett (1763–1835) first seen 1831 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘To the Labourers of England’, Political Register (2 April 1831), p. 8
“Lor’, but women’s rum cattle to deal with, the first man found that to his cost, And I reckon it’s just through a woman the last man on earth’ll be lost.”
George Robert Sims (1847–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What has ever been granted to the countless millions of workers of Earth without a fight? Czar Nicholas has discovered that he is not all Russia. Will he "let the voice of the people be heard"? Was it argument or force that changed Czar Nicholas's mind? Well, the Russia people have gotten thin edge of the wedge in; let them keep striking hard, they will split the throne after a while.”
Lucy Parsons (1851–1942) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Revolution in Russia and Chinese Use of the Boycott", (1905)
“Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude; the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.”
Bernard of Clairvaux (1091–1153) said by 1153 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I reject Christianity because it is Jewish, because it is international, and because, in cowardly fashion, it preaches Peace on Earth.”
Erich Ludendorff (1865–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Deutsche Gottglaube, quoted in W. W. Coole (ed.), Thus Spake Germany (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1941), p. 9
“The Fuhrer has decided to raze the city of St. Petersburg from the face of the earth. After the defeat of Soviet Russia there will be not the slightest reason for the future existence of this large city.”
Walter Warlimont (1894–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad" - Page 351 - by Harrison E. Salisbury - History - 2003
“Every day, the people I meet inspire me, every day, they make me proud, every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t let anyone ever tell you that this country isn’t great, that somehow we need to make it great again. Because this right now is the greatest country on earth!”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've learned it's okay to recognize that self-worth comes wrapped in vulnerability, and that what we share as humans on this earth is the impulse to strive for better, always and no matter what.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Clearly our first task is to use the material wealth of space to solve the urgent problems we now face on Earth: to bring the poverty-stricken segments of the world up to a decent living standard, without recourse to war or punitive action against those already in material comfort; to provide for a maturing civilization the basic energy vital to its survival.”
Gerard K. O'Neill (1927–1992) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The High Frontier (1976)
“We should ask, critically and with appeal to the numbers, whether the best site for a growing advancing industrial society is Earth, the Moon, Mars, some other planet, or somewhere else entirely. Surprisingly, the answer will be inescapable — the best site is "somewhere else entirely.”
Gerard K. O'Neill (1927–1992) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The High Frontier (1976)
“Little lamb, what's your plan? Greener pastures in the sky? It's a shame you want to die know why Just to find you've been blinded to the greenest of pastures they're right here on Earth For what it's worth you're not the first to break my heart.”
St. Vincent (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Reporter: After circling the planet for eight days, what was your most memorable impression of the earth from outer space? Helen Sharman: [Said without hesitation] There are no borders.”
Helen Sharman (born 1963) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Radio Interview, 26 May 1991 after Soyuz TM-11 landing:
“For everything created In the bounds of earth and sky Has such longing to be mated, It must couple or must die.”
George Whyte-Melville (1821–1878) said by 1878 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sir Isaac Newton, the subject of this cake, is in every Englishman's wallet... he's on the English one-pound note. I always carry one on me for good luck. A man who discovered gravity and thus successfully secured our feet on the ground is a good companion. In fixing us to the earth, he enabled us -- with equanimity -- to permit our heads to remain in the clouds.”
Peter Greenaway (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If every man is supposed to think of sex once every nine minutes, what on earth does he think of in the other eight?”
Peter Greenaway (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only issue deserving the consideration by any sane White man today is the 14 Words: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White children." If you are a White male who still wonders why it matters, I give you these 14 more words: "Because the beauty of the White Aryan woman must not perish from the earth." This is why a true White man fights.”
David Lane (white nationalist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: David Eden Lane
“The Great Helpers of humanity do not abandon the Earth so long as sufferings go unhealed. Wholehearted fellowship can easily heal the wounds of a friend — but it is necessary to develop the art of thinking in the name of Good. And this is not easy amid the day's hustle and bustle. But the examples of the Great Helpers of humanity can encourage and infuse new forces.”
Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On Earth they've forgotten how to make everything except money. But what good is it, if there's nothing worthwhile left to buy?”
James P. Hogan (1941–2010) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outward Bound (1999)
“I could see that now — how the universe swirled around this one point. I'd never seen the symmetry of the universe before, but now it was plain. The gravity of the earth no longer tied me to the place where I stood. It was the baby girl in the blonde vampire's arms that held me here now. Renesmee.”
Stephenie Meyer (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thou mourner for departed dreams! On earth there is no rest When grief hath troubled the pure streams Of memory in thy breast!”
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1807–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rest now—and weep—thou praised of Earth! And own, when all is done, A world's false worship is not worth The deep tried love of one.”
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1807–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source