Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts

Monday, August 4, 2025

10 unforgettable quotes that will change how you see our home planet.

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10 unforgettable quotes that reveal Earth's awe, fragility, and hidden beauty — as seen through the eyes of those who truly noticed. From Carl Sagan’s cosmic perspective to Jane Goodall’s gentle warning, these words will forever change how you see our home planet.


"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Yet for us, it's home — the only one we've ever known." - Carl Sagan


"We can see how beautiful our planet is from space — fragile, alive, and glowing in the darkness. It reminds us to take better care of it." - Buzz Aldrin


"When you're finally up at the moon looking back on Earth, all those differences and national boundaries are just not visible. What you see is a whole — a beautiful, blue whole." - Frank Borman

 

"We are part of this planet — not visitors. We are born of its dust, fed by its soil, and sustained by its breath." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

"The natural world is the greatest source of excitement… the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living." - David Attenborough


"Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts." - Rachel Carson


"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make — especially to protect this beautiful Earth." - Jane Goodall


"The Earth is what we all have in common — and it is infinitely beautiful in ways that can't be manufactured." - Wendell Berry


"With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea. No blue, no green — no Earth as we know it." - Sylvia Earle


"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the universe — and that makes us something very special." - Stephen Hawking

 If you're interested in inspiring quotes about Earth, check out this playlist here.

 

Saturday, November 7, 2020

15 Quotes about Geography.

These 15 quotes about geography tell us about its importance as a subject, for life on earth and why everyone should study geography in their life.

 


The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together. -Barack Obama

Geography is the subject which holds the key to our future. -Michael Palin

Physical geography and geology are inseparable scientific twins. - Roderick Murchison

What makes a nation in the beginning is a good piece of geography. - Robert Frost

Everywhere's been where it is ever since it was first put there. It's called geography. -Terry Pratchett

Geography should be the ultimate deciding factor for every political dilemma for proximity to an ailing land is bound to result in one's infection. -Aysha Taryam

Geography prepares for the world of work - geographers, with their skills of analysis are highly employable! -Michael Palin

Geography is the study of earth as the home of people. - Yi-Fu Tuan

Geography is the key, the crucial accident of birth. A piece of protein could be a snail, a sea lion, or a systems analyst, but it had to start somewhere. This is not science; it is merely metaphor. And the landscape in which the protein "starts" shapes its end as surely as bowls shape water. -Annie Dillard

It is impossible to understand history, international politics, the world economy, religions, philosophy, or ‘patterns of culture’ without taking geography into account.- Kenneth C. Davis

Without geography you're nowhere.- Jimmy Buffett

If you know a country's geography, you can understand and predict its foreign policy.- Napoleon Bonaparte

In our changing world nothing changes more than geography.- Pearl S. Buck

If geography is prose, maps are iconography. -Lennart Meri

Geography is the art of the mappable. -Peter Haggett