Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.

Henry Ward Beecher

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• Sorrows
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• Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Earth
  • Eggs
  • Egg

• I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced.

  

  Wally Schirra
  • Earth
  • Moon
  • Mars

• If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Want
  • Earth
  • Wonder

• The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Nature
  • Earth
  • Flower

• On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?

  

  Valentina Tereshkova
  • Men
  • Women
  • Why

• When you're in a fighter jet and there's a dark layer of clouds with just one blue hole with the sun going through it, you shoot for that hole. You go vertical into the light, and suddenly, instead of gray and dark, it's light and blue. You are totally connected with the elements. You are in another world.

  

  Yves Rossy
  • World
  • Light
  • Dark

• I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it.

  

  Bea Arthur
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Earth

• The boundary between space and the earth is purely arbitrary. And I'll probably always be interested in this planet - it's my favorite.

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Earth
  • Space
  • Always

• I just never subscribed to the theory that at age 55, you fall off the face of the earth on the Tour. I always felt that was too young of an age for that.

  

  Hale Irwin
  • Age
  • Earth
  • Fall

• When I was a boy, my older brothers listened to Earth, Wind & Fire and Kool and the Gang. When I would try to get into their room, they would close the door and say, 'You can't hear that. It's not for a child!' Now, I can listen to it and enjoy it.

  

  Omar Sy
  • Earth
  • Boy
  • Fire

• I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.

  

  Vernor Vinge
  • Life
  • Earth
  • Change

• It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Earth
  • Wisdom
  • Used

• Honestly, for a big city, London is by far my favourite city on earth, and I'm not just saying that!

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Earth
  • City
  • Saying

• 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.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • Earth
  • Dance
  • Tomorrow

• In fourth grade, I was interested in all areas of science. I particularly loved learning about how the earth was created.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Science
  • Earth
  • Learning

• The key of 'The Earth from Above,' and of 'Home' is to show the beauty of the planet, and thereby to promote love for it.

  

  Yann Arthus-Bertrand
  • Home
  • Earth
  • Beauty

• Narnia, Middle-earth and New York were my three fantasy universes when I was a kid.

  

  Garth Risk Hallberg
  • Earth
  • New York
  • Kid

• If China was like the moon, then arriving in Saudi Arabia was Mars. At least you can see the moon from Earth.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
  • Earth
  • You
  • Moon

• Join with the Earth and each other, to bring new life to the land, to restore the waters, to refresh the air, to renew the forests, to care for the plants, to protect the creatures, to celebrate the seas, to rejoice in the sunlight, to sing the song of the stars, to recall our destiny, to renew our spirits, to reinvigorate our bodies, to recreate the human community, to promote justice and peace, to love our children and love one another, to join together as many and diverse expressions of one loving mystery, for the healing of the Earth and the renewal of all life.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Earth
  • Creatures
  • Spirits

• Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse.

  

  Umar
  • Pain
  • Sin
  • Inspiring

• It doesn't matter what we call it, it's still Robbie and I together playing 'Light My Fire' and 'Love Me Two Times.' John should come and play and let us celebrate and keep this music alive. Look, what do I say to the cynics? I would like to play with Jim Morrison again. But you know what? I can't call him. I'm sorry. He's dead. He's busy. He's in eternity.

  

  Ray Manzarek The Doors
  • Music
  • Play
  • Alive

• Television is face acting, and film is eye acting.

  

  Dominic Monaghan

• Often, when I finish a film, I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.'

  

  Jeff Bridges
  • Feeling

• Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.

  

  Henry Ward Beecher
  • Earth
  • Clouds
  • Sorrows