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“The good thing about playing the guitar: You can take on different kinds of music. I'm always doing something different from the last thing I did because I have the shortest attention span on earth.”

Kind Different Earth Lasts Attention Good Things Guitar Different Kinds Attention Span Different Kinds Of Music

Author:Ryan Adams

“In relation to the earth we have been autistic for centuries. Only now have we begun to listen with some attention and with a willingness to respond to the earth's demands that we cease our industrial assault, that we abandon our inner rage against the conditions of our earthly existence, that we renew our human participation in the grand liturgy of the universe.”

Source: Creative Energy: Bearing Witness for the Earth

“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”

Long Reality Earth Lasts Universe Attention Wonder Focus Mystery Taste Destruction Endure Contemplating Reserves Weary Silent Spring Beauty Of The Earth

Author:Rachel Carson

“If we're thinking about old civilizations, those that formed a long time ago and there were stars and planets around long before Earth even existed, then these are going to be towards the center of the galaxy. That is the place to look if you think there are ancient civilizations that have made beacons or some other way of attracting our attention.”

Ifs Thinking Way Looks Long Made Earth Stars Attention Planets Civilization Long Time Ancient Galaxy Long Time Ago Beacons Ancient Civilizations Stars And Planets

Author:Paul Davies

“Jesus, when he was on Earth, he was out there helping people, right? Why did he perform those miracles? To call attention to his profession. Why do you think I do these incredible feats? To call attention to my profession!”

People Thinking Helping Earth Jesus Attention Miracle Incredibles Profession Helping People Feats

Author:Jack LaLanne

“Today is Earth Day. Environmentalists spent the day drawing attention to the Earth, while the Earth just spent the day checking Facebook to see which planets wished it a happy Earth Day.”

Today Earth Attention Planets Drawing Earth Day Environmentalist Happy Earth Day Drawing Attention

Author:Jimmy Fallon

“Why does evolution matter? There is so much about the evolution of life, the development of life on Earth that should rivet the attention of everyone to understand where we've come from and where we might be going. We need to understand the world around us if we are to succeed as a species on the planet.”

Ifs World Needs Should Doe Matter Might Earth Attention Planets Development Evolution Succeed Species Evolution Of Life

Author:Sylvia Earle

“The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth.”

Earth Attention Share Moon Appearance Phases Proximity

Book:From The Earth To The Moon / De la terre à la lune (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)

Source: From The Earth To The Moon / De la terre à la lune (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)

“It would not be more unreasonable to transplant a favorite flower out of black earth into gold dust than it is for a person to let money-getting harden his heart into contempt, or into impatience, of the little attentions, the merriments and the caresses of domestic life.”

Heart Littles Persons Earth Black Attention Flower Gold Dust Contempt Impatience Avarice Unreasonable Caress Merriment Transplants Domestic Life Gold Dust

Book:Martyria: A Legend, Wherein are Contained Homilies, Conversations, and Incidents of the Reign of Edward the Sixth

Source: Martyria: A Legend, Wherein are Contained Homilies, Conversations, and Incidents of the Reign of Edward the Sixth

“[On the desert:] The wind was a constant, and when you paid attention, it seemed like the earth's own breathing.”

Earth Attention Wind Paid Constant Desert Breathing

Book:My Beloved World

Source: My Beloved World

“... placing economic activity in the context of the whole earth requires attention to the question of scale. Bigger is obviously not better, so the optimum scale of human economy in relation to the total economy becomes basically a question of sustainability. When the effects of the economy on the environment undercut the possibility of its own continuance, the scale is too large.”

Humans Whole Earth Attention Economy Environment Economic Effects Possibility Activity Bigger Relation Environmental Scales Sustainability Continuance Optimum Undercut

Book:Sustaining the Common Good: A Christian Perspective on the Global Economy

Source: Sustaining the Common Good: A Christian Perspective on the Global Economy

“One man with an idea in his head is in danger of being considered a madman: two men with the same idea in common may be foolish, but can hardly be mad; ten men sharing an idea begin to act, a hundred draw attention as fanatics, a thousand and society begins to tremble, a hundred thousand and there is war abroad, and the cause has victories tangible and real; and why only a hundred thousand? Why not a hundred million and peace upon the earth? You and I who agree together, it is we who have to answer that question.”

Source: William Morris on Art and Socialism

“Every Cuban has a house to live in, no matter how meager. That house is provided by government. Every Cuban who gets sick can go to a doctor or a hospital and get medical attention while 45 million Americans don't have medical insurance. Every Cuban can get education from the kindergarten through college and they don't have to pay. What is Castro doing that we might benefit from-if we are not too arrogant and falsely proud to see what he is doing in a small nation and what we have not been able to do or not been willing to do in the greatest nation on the earth?”