“What right do we have to claim, as some might, that human beings are the only inhabitants of our planet blessed with an actual ability to be "aware"? The impression of a "conscious presence" is indeed very strong with me when I look at a dog or a cat or, especially, when an ape or monkey at the zoo looks at me. I do not ask that they are "self-aware" in any strong sense (though I would guess that an element of self-awareness can be present). All I ask is that they sometimes simply feel!” FeelsHumansLooksSelfSometimesMightAsksStrongHuman BeingsAbilityAwarenessDogPlanetsElementsConsciousCatClaimsSelf AwarenessBlessedImpressionVery StrongMonkeysLook At MeOur PlanetApesZoos Author:Roger Penrose
“We need to begin thinking about building permanence on the Red Planet, not just have voyagers do some experiments, plant a flag and claim success. Having them go there, repeat this, in my view, is dim-witted. Why not stay there?” ThinkingNeedsViewsBuildingPlanetsRedClaimsPlantExperimentsRepeatsWhy NotFlagsPermanence Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Each generation has its own rendezvous with the land, for despite our fee titles and claims of ownership, we are all brief tenants on this planet. By choice, or by default, we will carve out a land legacy for our heirs.” ChoicesGenerationsLandPlanetsClaimsDespiteLegacyTitlesOwnershipDefaultHeirsFeesTenantsRendezvous Book:The Quiet Crisis Source: The Quiet Crisis
“Like an explorer returned from a distant planet or another dimension, Suki Kim has many extraordinary tales to tell, among them how different--and how awful--life is for those who live in North Korea. The devil is in the details here, for her gritty narrative focuses on everyday events to reveal how repression shapes daily life, even for the most privileged. Yet Kim also bears witness to that part of the human soul that no oppressor can ever claim.” HumansDifferentSoulLife IsEventsPlanetsBearsShapesDevilClaimsExtraordinaryEverydayDetailsTalesAwfulWitnessNarrativeDimensionsDaily LifePrivilegedKoreaHuman SoulNorth KoreaRepressionOppressorsExplorersKim Author:Carlos Eire
“We are one of only three species on our planet that can claim to be self-aware, yet self-delusion may be a more significant characteristic of our kind.” KindMaySelfThreePlanetsClaimsSpeciesSignificantCharacteristicsDelusionOur PlanetSelf Delusion Book:Prey Source: Prey
“During my term in AU, I will initiate an organised compensation claim for Africa and I will fight for a greater voice for Africa in the United Nations Security Council. If they (Western nations) do not want to live with us fairly, it is our planet and they can go to other planet.” IfsWantFightingNationsVoiceTermUnitedGreaterSecurityPlanetsClaimsUnited NationsCouncilOur PlanetCompensationInitiateOrganisedSecurity Council Author:Muammar al-Gaddafi
“I've known both misery and happiness, lived in so many different skins it is impossible for one skin to claim me. And I have felt like a wayfarer on an alien planet at times - walking, running, wondering about what brought me to this particular place, and why. But once I was here the dreams started moving in, and I went about devouring them as they devoured me.” DifferentDreamRunningMovingFeltKnownWonderImpossibleParticularPlanetsWalkingSkinsClaimsMiseryAliensMoving InDevouring Author:Gordon Parks
“I don't like to claim that I am an expert on anything, but I have enough knowledge about climate science and climate system to be able to write scientific papers and go to meetings and talk about monsoon systems and talk about any other things that you want to discuss about climate science issues. I'm as qualified as anybody that you know on this planet on this topic.” KnowsWantWritingEnoughAbleIssuesPlanetsPaperClaimsMeetingsClimateExpertsTopicsPapersQualifiedMonsoons Author:Willie Soon
“Of the seven billion people who reside on planet Earth, only 25% could, in the broadest sense of the word, be classified as "Christian" (and the percentage who have personally trusted in Christ for salvation is much smaller), meaning that over five billion people in the world are destined to hell if indeed Christ offers the exclusive path for salvation. To many people, such a claim is offensive.” PeopleIfsWorldEarthChristianChristHellPathFivePlanetsOffersClaimsSalvationSevenBillionsTrustedOffensiveDestinedExclusivePercentagesPlanet Earth Author:Robert Jeffress
“You notice that the Democrats are totally unified. I mean, you know they're dragging Algore back out? Algore is being dragged out of the Apple boardroom and wherever else he hangs out to go and rally Millennials on the premise that Millennials will respond to Algore's claim that we are destroying the planet and that he will get their attention.” KnowsMeanAttentionPlanetsClaimsDemocratApplesHanging OutDestroyingPremisesUnifiedMillennials Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.” PeopleLife IsStarsSituationWorstDyingPlanetsBearsLuckyBedCrossesClaimsRoseAidsStarvingWidowsLebanonPeople DyingBed Of RosesLucky StarCrosses To BearWorst Situation Author:Yoko Ono
“The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries, we must claim its promise. That's how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure-our forests and waterways, our crop lands and snow-capped peaks. That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God. That's what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared.” LongSometimesGodCareJobsAmericaScienceFatherEnergyNationsDifficultTechnologyPowerPathEconomicLandPlanetsSourceIndustryPromiseClaimsTreasureSnowForestsPreservesTransitionCreedsVitalityOur PlanetOur FatherCropsWill PowerNew JobEnergy SourcesNational TreasureSustainable Energy Author:Barack Obama
“The historian of science may be tempted to claim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them. Led by a new paradigm, scientists adopt new instruments and look in new places. even more important, during revolutions, scientists see new and different things when looking with familiar instruments in places they have looked before. It is rather as if the professional community had been suddenly transported to another planet where familiar objects are seen in a different light and are joined by unfamiliar ones as well.” IfsWorldWellsLooksMayImportantDifferentLightScienceCommunityObjectsPlanetsRevolutionScientistAccountsClaimsInstrumentsFamiliarTemptationChanging The WorldDifferent ThingsHistorianTemptedParadigmUnfamiliarNew Places Author:Thomas Kuhn