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Earth Quotes - Page 41

Better to be a spirit with the earth beneath you than a corpse pinned tight by the weight of the world.

Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 2: Solitary”, p.46, Faber & Faber

It appears, from all that precedes, reasonably certain that if there be any relative motion between the earth and the luminiferous ether, it must be small; quite small enough entirely to refute Fresnel's explanation of aberration.

"On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether". Article by by Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley. American Journal of Science, 1887, 34 (203), p. 341, en.wikisource.org. 1887.

I left Earth three times and found no other place to go. Please take care of Spaceship Earth.

"An Astronaut's View (1 Letter)", www.nytimes.com. July 22, 2006.

What on earth can you do on this earth but catch at whatever comes near you, with both your fingers, until your fingers are broken?

Tennessee Williams (2012). “Orpheus Descending and Suddenly Last Summer”, p.27, New Directions Publishing

We can live as we were meant to live - simply, joyously, of and on the earth. We can live with all our effort and with pure happiness.

Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman (2012). “Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness”, p.225, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Life is the most spectacular show on earth.

"Water for Elephants". Taglines, www.imdb.com. April 22, 2011.

Earth will be safe when we feel in us enough safety.

Thich Nhat Hanh (2013). “Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems”, p.194, Parallax Press