Planet Quotes

Small: Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our chi
"Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium"
Paul Tsongas, Politician
Small: Just having the pain of being alive without anything else, whether its good or bad. Theres a lot of serious so
"Just having the pain of being alive without anything else, whether it's good or bad. There's a lot of serious songs on the record, you know. That song is just about feeling like a fish out of water, feeling like you don't belong on the planet sometimes"
Jon Crosby, Musician
Small: If you make a living, if you earn your own money, youre free - however free one can be on this planet
"If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet"
Theodore White, Journalist
Small: This war in Iraq is part of a larger effort to remove this terrorist threat from the planet
"This war in Iraq is part of a larger effort to remove this terrorist threat from the planet"
Paul Cellucci, Politician
Small: We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to fi
"We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find a new philosophy, a philosophy which will serve as a tool determining the future of Planet Earth - our common and only shelter"
Nursultan Nazarbayev, Politician
Small: I think we are in the midst of this period where we are committing this suicide on the planet and everybody is
"I think we are in the midst of this period where we are committing this suicide on the planet and everybody is just using up all of our natural resources like a bunch of insane people. That's what I worry about more than I worry about jazz"
Sonny Rollins, Musician
Small: The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after were dead and gone. Even if its a polluted planet, and t
"The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?"
Richard Pryor, Actor
Small: The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet
Tommy Lee
"The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet"
Tommy Lee, Musician
Small: Over the last several quarters we have been growing faster in Asia and Europe than any other place on the plan
"Over the last several quarters we have been growing faster in Asia and Europe than any other place on the planet. We have 18 percent of the global PC share, about 12 percent in Europe, and 8 percent in Asia"
Kevin Rollins, Businessman
Small: For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this planet
"For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this planet"
Jermaine Jackson, Musician
Small: I miss playing with Miles. I did play with him a little while before he left the planet, but even at that time
"I miss playing with Miles. I did play with him a little while before he left the planet, but even at that time I longed to maybe do some things together"
Sonny Rollins, Musician
Small: No, I was talking to the network and Universal about plans for a third season where Buck would go back to Eart
"No, I was talking to the network and Universal about plans for a third season where Buck would go back to Earth and would focus on stories around the planet and show what it was like 500 years later"
Gil Gerard, Actor
Small: I do remember smiling quite a bit inside it though since I knew it wouldnt be seen on film - so of course whil
"I do remember smiling quite a bit inside it though since I knew it wouldn't be seen on film - so of course while the poor planet is being blown up I'm smiling and laughing like mad!"
David Prowse, Actor
Small: There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid
"There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid"
John Fowles, Novelist
Small: Their toys are alive and can sometimes come to their aid, or get lost and Olie has to find them. They go to ot
William Joyce
"Their toys are alive and can sometimes come to their aid, or get lost and Olie has to find them. They go to other planets. They go to the ice cream planet"
William Joyce, Author
Small: So if youre a robot and youre living on this planet, you can do things that you cant do in real life - things
William Joyce
"So if you're a robot and you're living on this planet, you can do things that you can't do in real life - things that you wished you could do: like fly; like have a car that flies; like have furniture that is alive"
William Joyce, Author
Small: Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he cou
"Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was doing was another musician or another drummer"
Dick Dale, Musician
Small: And when youre on your own there is that terrifying possibility that you may be the only person on the planet
"And when you're on your own there is that terrifying possibility that you may be the only person on the planet who thinks it's funny - and you have no way of finding out"
Denis Norden, Writer
Small: Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Anta
"Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around"
Sylvia Earle, Scientist
Small: I believe that these extra-terrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets. M
"I believe that these extra-terrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets. Most astronauts were reluctant to discuss UFOs"
Gordon Cooper, Astronaut
Small: Stories where the author has known very little, but run a computer program that tells him how to construct a p
"Stories where the author has known very little, but run a computer program that tells him how to construct a planet, and looked up specific things about rocketry and so on, really suck"
Frederik Pohl, Writer
Small: When you look at Clark Kent when hes working at the Daily Planet, hes a reporter. He doesnt fly through the ai
"When you look at Clark Kent when he's working at the Daily Planet, he's a reporter. He doesn't fly through the air in his glasses and his suit"
Gene Simmons, Musician
Small: Its really important for boys to see that girls take up half of the planet - which we do
"It's really important for boys to see that girls take up half of the planet - which we do"
Geena Davis, Actress
Small: I dont see how I possibly could have come from where I entered the planet to where I am now if there had not b
"I don't see how I possibly could have come from where I entered the planet to where I am now if there had not been angels along the way"
Della Reese, Musician
Small: I have a place in Chicago and I get there as much as I can. The city is so unbelievably beautiful. Its one of
"I have a place in Chicago and I get there as much as I can. The city is so unbelievably beautiful. It's one of the greatest cities on the planet. My heart beats differently when I'm in Chicago. It slows down and I feel more at ease"
Jeremy Piven, Actor
Small: London is one of the most enchanting places Ive ever been on this planet
"London is one of the most enchanting places I've ever been on this planet"
Don Johnson, Actor
Small: Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inherit
"Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England"
Karel Capek, Writer
Small: Were showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see fe
"We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up half the planet, which we do"
Geena Davis, Actress
Small: Less than an hour before hed congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth, all the snares of Man.
"Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth, all the snares of Man. Not knowing that the greatest trap of all, the final and the fatal trap, lay on this present planet"
Clifford D. Simak, Writer
Small: Im just grateful to be on this planet. I have no enemies that I know of. Im just the guy who makes happy
"I'm just grateful to be on this planet. I have no enemies that I know of. I'm just the guy who makes happy"
Chubby Checker, Musician
Small: Im very flattered, but I dont think Im the sexiest man on the planet
"I'm very flattered, but I don't think I'm the sexiest man on the planet"
Douglas Wilson, Entertainer
Small: Most of mans problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either parti
"Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage"
Frances Perkins, Politician
Small: If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine - back to the first blob of life-lik
"If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine - back to the first blob of life-like material that came into being on the planet"
Clifford D. Simak, Writer
Small: Were here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. Thats what art forms are about
"We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about"
Charlie Haden, Musician
Small: I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet
"I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet"
Andrew Cuomo, Politician
Small: Theres like a special group of people that come from different parts of the planet to study with me. Its nice.
"There's like a special group of people that come from different parts of the planet to study with me. It's nice. I just gave a workshop in Boston at the New England Conservatory, which was really nice"
Charlie Haden, Musician
Small: I guess I so desperately want to see us put this planet right. Its so horrifying to me that a fifth of us are
"I guess I so desperately want to see us put this planet right. It's so horrifying to me that a fifth of us are starving every night, and that forty thousand children die every single day"
Ann Druyan, Writer
Small: Theres a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumpi
"There's a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase... When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records"
Afrika Bambaataa, Musician
Small: Actually freestyle really comes from Planet Rock. If you listen to all the freestyle records youll hear that t
"Actually freestyle really comes from 'Planet Rock'. If you listen to all the freestyle records you'll hear that they are based on 'Planet Rock'. All the Miami Bass records are based upon Planet Rock"
Afrika Bambaataa, Musician
Small: There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. Id love to one day peel back the mystery
"There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them"
Annie Leibovitz, Photographer