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Earth Quotes - Page 39

Our days on earth are like a shadow, and the time of our affliction is the length of our days.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Walter Lever (2004). “Two Tales: Betrothed & Edo and Enam”, p.91, Terrace Books

A little common sense, goodwill, and a tiny dose of unselfishness could make this goodly earth into an earthly paradise.

Richard Aldington (1931). “The Colonel's Daughter: A Novel”, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday

Men will never rest till they've spoiled the earth and destroyed the animals.

Richard Adams (2014). “Watership Down”, p.129, Oneworld Publications

The word "wilderness" occurs approximately three hundred times in the Bible, and all its meanings are derogatory.

RenĂ© Jules Dubos (1980). “The Wooing of Earth”, Scribner Book Company

Two-thirds of the Earth is covered by water. The other third is covered by Garry Maddox.

"Ralph Kiner, New York Mets Broadcaster, Dies at 91" by Mike Barnes, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 6, 2014.

Your eyes in which I travel Have given to signs along the roads A meaning alien to the earth.

Paul Eluard (1988). “Selected Poems”, London : Calder ; New York : Riverrun Press

My ear barely caught signals coming in regular succession which could not have been produced on earth.

Nikola Tesla (2013). “The Nikola Tesla Treasury”, p.716, Simon and Schuster