Jane Welsh Carlyle Quotes
'On earth the living have much to bear;' the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.
-
There is a one-in-300 chance that Earth will be struck on March 16, 2880, by an asteroid large enough to destroy civilization and possibly cause the extinction of the human race. But, on the bright side, Prince could re-release his hit song with the new refrain 'We're gonna party like its twenty-eight seventy-nine.'
-
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
-
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
-
On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
-
No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.
-
The boundary between space and the earth is purely arbitrary. And I'll probably always be interested in this planet - it's my favorite.
-
'Planet Earth' was such an extraordinary series and the 'Making Of'... is fascinating: the creatures and stories behind the camera are just as fascinating as those in front. It's a bit of a dream come true to be a part of the team in some small way.
-
If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.
-
I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.
-
My generation of Americans was the first to really care about racism and sexism, not to mention the I Ching, plus, of course, the Earth.
-
He who stands with his face to the East in the morning will have the sun before him. If he does not change his posture, the Earth in the meantime having changed its, he will have the sun no longer before him, but behind.
-
I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace.
-
I have a lot of love for nature, trees, animals and greenery, and I feel that if I did not exist, there'd be no greenery on the face of the earth.
-
If an alien race lands on the planet Earth tomorrow and asks me to prove I'm really here, what do I do? What do I give them? What do I tell them? What do I show them? I can't sing or dance. I can't paint. I've never built anything, and I've never contributed anything significant to the human race.
-
The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.
-
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
-
The one noticeable similarity with almost all serial killer victims is their short height and low weight.
-
The Holy Ghost is manifested to men and women on the earth both as the power and as the gift of the Holy Ghost. The power can come upon a person before baptism; it is the convincing witness that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer.
-
Sometimes I think that the amount of time you live on earth is just an inverse reflection of how good you were in a previous existence. For example, infants who die from SIDs were actually great people when they were alive for real, so they get to go to heaven after a mere five weeks in purgatory. Meanwhile anyone Willard Scott ever congratulated for turning one hundred two was obviously a terrible individual who had many many previous sins to pay for and had to spend a century in his or her own unknown purgatory even though the person seemed perfectly wholesome in this particular world.
-
What makes a story a story is that something changes. Internal, external, small or large, trivial or of earth-shattering importance. Doesn't matter.
-
When the militias came to Wau, they would blast out 'Thriller' as they moved down the dirt streets.
-
I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.
-
'On earth the living have much to bear;' the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.
