Home » Earth Earth 1 The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit. Isaac Newton Moon, Earth, Gravity Add to Collection 2 If a projectile were deprived of the force of gravity, it would not be deflected toward the earth but would go off in a straight line into the heavens and do so with uniform motion, provided that the resistance of the air were removed. Isaac Newton Earth, Uniform, Gravity Add to Collection 3 All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Jesus Christ Earth, Heaven Add to Collection 4 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Jesus Christ Blessed, Earth, Will Add to Collection 5 Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth. Will Rogers Hero, Earth, Being Add to Collection 6 Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth. Will Rogers Learning, People, Earth Add to Collection 7 The atmosphere, the earth, the water and the water cycle - those things are good gifts. The ecosystems, the ecosphere, those are good gifts. We have to regard them as gifts because we couldn't make them. We have to regard them as good gifts because we couldn't live without them. Wendell Berry Water, Good, Earth Add to Collection 8 Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. Walt Whitman Sleep, Best, Earth Add to Collection 9 If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known. W. E. B. Du Bois Earth, Land, Presence Add to Collection 10 Was there ever a nation on God's fair earth civilized from the bottom upward? Never; it is, ever was, and ever will be from the top downward that culture filters. The Talented Tenth rises and pulls all that are worth the saving up to their vantage ground. W. E. B. Du Bois Culture, God, Earth Add to Collection 11 What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce. Mark Twain Woman, Earth, People Add to Collection 12 It has so happened in all ages of the world that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. Abraham Lincoln End, Earth, Lost Add to Collection 13 I do not think I could myself be brought to support a man for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion. Abraham Lincoln Blue, Earth, Military Add to Collection 14 Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln Government, People, Earth Add to Collection
