Planet Quotes

"America is simultaneously the most attractive and most repulsive place on the planet. It is most loved and most hated"

"This planet Earth, the act of putting a roof over our heads, our flesh and blood existence, it's all very temporary"

"When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris"

"This planet seems to be in such sorry shape. And I can't ever think about the rest of the universe without coming back home and thinking what the implications for life here would be if we were to really have some definitive proof of extraterrestrial life"

Ann Druyan, Writer

"Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago"

Gaylord Nelson, Politician

"I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet"

Doris Roberts, Actress

"I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety"

Carol Ann Duffy, Poet

"The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men"

John Aubrey, Writer

"There is no point trying to figure out who is guilty or not at un-balancing the planet. I think we need to figure out and solve the problems together and not isolate from each other"

Sarah Polley, Actress

"If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say that he cannot make use of those laws to cover the surface of a small planet with living creatures?"

Martin Gardner, Mathematician

"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing"

Jimmy Wales, Businessman

"As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am"

George Benson, Musician

"I am not on this planet to get something done - the things we accomplish are expressions of our purpose"

Paul Williams

"I am from the planet of elegance"

Ron Carter, Musician

"I love Sweden. The entire world should be like Sweden. They all like to drink and get naked, and the women are hot. I can't think of a better nation on the planet"

Drew Curtis, Businessman

"In order to know the true situation of a Planet at any particular time, the small set of balls are to be put each on its respective axis; then the winch to be turned round until each index points to the given time"

David Rittenhouse, Scientist

"Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing"

Jan de Bont, Director

"Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there"

Gary Snyder, Poet

"Well, because Dawn of the Dead can take place anywhere and it shows that actually the entire planet is contaminated, I would say that it shows the new face of our world - one person, one race, united against the invisible destructive force"

Sarah Polley, Actress

"I'm open-minded. I don't consider myself gay or hetero, I just am. I've had experiences all over the planet but it always comes down to just me, but I think at this point if I had an ongoing relationship I believe it would be with a man"

Dana Plato, Actress

"If you take any world problem, any issue on the planet, the solution to that problem certainly includes education. In education, the roadblock is the laptop"

Nicholas Negroponte, Businessman

"When you leave the planet, you leave music behind"

Alex Van Halen, Musician

"I am happy with what I do. I'd love to be the manager of the Atlanta Braves, but they hired somebody this week. So I'll just have to be inordinately happy with one of the best jobs on the planet"

Robert Gibbs, Public Servant

"We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full. In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet"

Steve King, Politician

"A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!"

Sun Ra, Musician

"The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it"

Mike Huckabee, Politician

"The particle and the planet are subject to the same laws and what is learned of one will be known of the other"

James Smithson, Scientist

"What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate our world is precious and special"

Morris Dees, Lawyer

"You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here"

Alex Van Halen, Musician

"So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning"

Aaron Copland, Composer

"Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere"

Harry Belafonte, Musician

"I can set up shop anywhere. I've got my oils, I've got my yoga mat and I'm good to go. I must know good yoga classes in about 25 cities on this planet"

Minnie Driver, Actress

"You have to see my show to believe that I'm the only unique Nina Hagen on this planet"

Nina Hagen, Musician

"The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next"

Melinda Gates, Clergyman

"I think right now the jury is out on where and how much profit is available in the consumer electronics industry, because if you look at the current consumer electronics players, the biggest ones on the planet struggle to make profit consistently"

Kevin Rollins, Businessman

"I see myself as a citizen of the planet. Even as a child, I always found it mindless to root for your own team. I was puzzled by the fact that people said their own team was better than other teams simply because it was theirs"

Wallace Shawn, Actor

"It is God's planet - and he's taking care of it. And I don't believe that anything we do will raise or lower the temperature one point"

Jerry Falwell, Clergyman

"The thing that sets Mars apart is that it is the one planet that is enough like Earth that you can imagine life possibly once having taken hold there"

Steven Squyres, Scientist

"Well, I had a fiddle that I really can't play, so I loaned it to Darrell. But yeah, he's from another planet"

Guy Clark, Musician

"Like some of my other movies, 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' is also a very political film, and many critics still consider it even the best of all the Apes movies, because it conveys a series of political viewpoints"

J. Lee Thompson, Director

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