W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.W. E. B. Du Bois
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Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?
Calvin Klein -
Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you.
J. R. R. Tolkien -
The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson -
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 -
You aren't your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your home, your family... your anything. You're a creation of your Source, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and enjoy life on Earth.
Wayne Dyer -
Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.
Eden Ahbez -
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Abraham Lincoln -
People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.
Ralph Allen -
Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record.
Barbara Boxer -
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
D. H. Lawrence -
People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead.
Nathan Myhrvold
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Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.
Patrick White -
President Obama, like every other leader on Earth, is still going to be looking out for national and economic interests. States don't cease to be states overnight just because they get a great visionary as their new president.
Samantha Power -
The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
E. O. Wilson -
Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth.
J. Carter Brown -
There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person.
Ira Glass -
As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo.
Gary Bauer
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If any one were to ask me what in my opinion was the dullest and most stupid spot on the face of the Earth, I should decidedly say Chelmsford.
Charles Dickens -
The month of April 2000 will provide an unprecedented showcase for the clean energy options available to individuals, businesses and the government, .. As tens of millions of people take action to support clean energy during Earth Month, the 'New Energy for a New Era' campaign will catapult us toward a clean and affordable energy future.
Gaylord Nelson -
When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw your taxes.
Don Drysdale -
he dared to explore her withered neck w/his fingertips…her hips w/their decaying bones, her thighs with their aging veins.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
One thing I've learned, in the face of all kinds of indignities, domestic workers take so much pride in their work and love the children they care for.
Ai-jen Poo -
If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.
W. E. B. Du Bois