It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value them. – Henry James
We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory. – Henri Cartier-Bresson
Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it. – Helen Clark
Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals. – Georges Cuvier
As a jumper, I try to defy gravity as long as I can. But no matter how far I jump, I’ll always hit the earth eventually. – Greg Rutherford
You didn’t hear the angels singing. It was brought down to Mother Earth, which is where it should be. And that led me to a lot of other reading. – Harvey Keitel
Supplying fuel for a Mars expedition from the lunar surface is often suggested, but it’s hard to make it pay off – Moon bases are expensive, and just buying more rockets to launch fuel from Earth is relatively cheap. – Henry Spencer
Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself. – Henry David Thoreau
I don’t believe I could live in Iran again. A tree, once uprooted from the earth, is very difficult to plant again. – Golshifteh Farahani
But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata and to the ebbing of the sea after the formations of new layers. – Georges Cuvier
I thought that I was going to be like this earth mother. When people would complain about being pregnant, I was like, ‘What are you talking about? It’s incredible! Just enjoy it.’ – Gwen Stefani
Liquid oxygen is one of the cheapest manufactured substances on Earth. In large quantities, it costs pennies per kilogram – cheaper than milk or beer. – Henry Spencer
We had the best-equipped and we have the best-trained military force on the face of the earth, right here in Oklahoma. – Harry M. Wyatt III
Certainly paleontologists have found samples of an extremely small fraction, only, of the earth’s extinct species, and even for groups that are most readily preserved and found as fossils they can never expect to find more than a fraction. – George Gaylord Simpson
Germany can generally only pay if the Corridor and Upper Silesia will be handed back to Germany from Polish possession, and if besides somewhere on the earth colonial territory will be made available to Germany. – Hjalmar Schacht
All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved. – Hans Kung
We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth. – Hans Kung
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. – Henry David Thoreau
The ocean is this beautiful, unexplored place. Why on Earth everyone isn’t down there, I don’t know. – Graham Hawkes
Japan’s humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resistant to earth tremors. – Harry Seidler
Without evidence, anything goes. Think about it. Common sense says the sun goes round the Earth. Who agrees with me? – Harry Kroto
When you look at the Earth’s horizon and see the thickness of the atmosphere, it’s not even the thickness of an orange peel. – Gregory H. Johnson
My mother was a domestic goddess and Mother Earth figure. She was sweet and placid – just what the perfect wife was supposed to be and I was determined not to be. – Joan Collins