“Most people know that forests are the lungs of our planet, literally playing a critical role in every breath we take. And that they're also home to incredible animals like the orangutan and elephant, which will go extinct if we keep cutting down their forests.” PeopleIfsKnowsHomeAnimalRolesCuttingPlanetsBreathsIncrediblesCriticalForestsElephantsLungsOur PlanetCutting DownWoods And ForestsOrangutans Author:Chris Noth
“If I were to envy any persons on this planet, it would be mountain hermits. You often hear old platitudes such as, 'Speak out. Be heard.' On the contrary, a breath of fresh air would be something like: 'Silence, think for at least 15 minutes, and then maybe speak out.” IfsThinkingPersonsWould BeSpeakSilenceHeardAirMinutesPlanetsMountainBreathsEnvyContrarySpeaks OutFresh AirHermitsPlatitudes Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities! They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn breath upon the planet.” PersonsTwoKnownPlanetsBreathsUnknown Person Book:Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)
“I would sell my life to avoid the pain that begins in the crib with its bars or perhaps with your first breath when the planets drill your future into you.” LifeFirstsPainPlanetsBreathsSellsBarsOur FutureYour FutureDrillsPain In Life Book:45 Mercy Street Source: 45 Mercy Street
“Nine planets round the sun, only one does the sun embrace. Upon this watered one, so much we take for granted; So let us sleep outside tonight, lay down in our mother's arms, for here we can rest safely ... One sweet world around a star is spinning One sweet world And in her breath I'm swimming, and here we will rest in peace.” WorldDoeMotherStarsSleepSunPlanetsSweetArmsBreathsEmbraceLaysRoundsNineGrantedTonightSwimmingSpinningRest In Peace Author:Dave Matthews
“Where I'm just sort of shocked into the revelation, once again, of this planet is a living organism; this living thing, being alive, is a living thing. It's every breath you take. That was the last one. It'll never come back. You are riding on this wave of awareness, second to second to second.” LastsAliveAwarenessPlanetsBreathsWaveRevelationsRidingOrganismsShockedLiving ThingsLiving Organisms Author:Daphne Zuniga
“Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.” HumansHuman BeingsPlanetsBreathsDamage Author:Kevin McCloud
“Harriet Jones: Did you notice when they fart, if you'll pardon the word, it doesn't just smell like a fart, if you'll pardon the word, it's something else. What is it? It's more like, um... Rose Tyler: Bad breath. Harriet Jones: That's it! The Doctor: Calcium decay. Now that Narrows it down!.. Calcium phosphate. Organic calcium. Living calcium. Creatures made out of living calcium. What else - what else? Hyphenated surnames. Yes! That narrows it down to one planet! Raxacoricofallapatorius! Mickey Smith: [sarcastically] Oh yeah, great! We can write 'em a letter.” IfsWritingMadePlanetsCreaturesLettersDoctorsBreathsYeahRoseSmellEmsDecayPardonLike SomethingFartMickeyCalciumBad BreathSurnames Author:Russell T Davies
“To encounter the sacred is to be alive at the deepest center of human existence. Sacred places are the truest definitions of the earth; they stand for the earth immediately and forever; they are its flags and shields. If you would know the earth for what it really is, learn it through its sacred places. At Devil’s Tower or Canyon de Chelly or the Cahokia Mounds, you touch the pulse of the living planet; you feel its breath upon you. You become one with a spirit that pervades geologic time and space.” IfsKnowsFeelsHumansEarthSpiritSpaceExistenceForeverAlivePlanetsDevilBreathsSacredDefinitionsEncountersFlagsTowersTime And SpacePulseShieldsHuman ExistenceTruestCanyonsSacred PlacesGeologic Time Author:N. Scott Momaday
“If the age of the Earth were a calendar year and today were a breath before midnight on New Year's Eve, we showed up a scant fifteen minutes ago, and all of recorded history has blinked by in the last sixty seconds. Luckily for us, our planet-mates--the fantastic meshwork of plants, animals, and microbes--have been patiently perfecting their wares since March, an incredible 3.8 billion years since the first bacteria. ...After 3.8 billion years of research and development, failures are fossils, and what surrounds us is the secret to survival.” IfsYearsFirstsHas BeensAgeTodayEarthLastsNatureAnimalSecretMinutesPlanetsDevelopmentSurvivalResearchBreathsPlantIncrediblesBillionsFantasticMarchSurroundSecondsMatesNew YearSixtyFifteenMidnightFossilsOur PlanetCalendarsNew Years EveBacteriaResearch And DevelopmentMicrobes Author:Janine Benyus
“The gossamer web of life, spun on the loom of sunlight from the breath of an infant Earth, is nature's crowning achievement on this planet.” EarthNaturePlanetsAchievementBreathsSunlightInfantSpunWeb Of Life Author:Preston Cloud
“On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.” WorldFirstsTwoDreamChoicesPlanetsBreathsUnknown Worlds Author:Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
“The mind can make substance, and people planets of its own with beings brighter than have been, and give a breath to forms which can outlive all flesh.” PeopleGivingMindHas BeensFormFantasyPlanetsBreathsFleshSubstanceBrighter Author:Lord Byron