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Evolution made civilization steward of this planet. A hundred thousand years later, the steward stood before evolution not helper but destroyer, not healer but parasite. So evolution withdrew its gift, passed civilization by, rescued the planet...

Quote by Richard Bach about evolution, civilization, intelligence, gifts, love

The California crunch really is the result of not enough...

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.

Quote by George W. Bush about power

Failure of plan A will directly affect your ability to...

Failure of plan A will directly affect your ability to carry out plan B.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, failure, ability

I immediately called the command center of the Department of Justice to let them know that my wife was on a plane that had been hijacked I mainly wanted them know there was another hijacked plane out there.

Quote by Ted Olson about justice, wife

I wanted it not to be true I wanted it not to be her plane I wanted it I wanted, if it was her plane, to have somehow survived because she was in the back of the airplane. But we know that doesn't happen, not with those sorts of things.

Quote by Ted Olson about opinion, things

A good plan violently executed now is better than a...

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Quote by George S. Patton about violence, perfection, good, good luck

They were taking pictures and everything. When we got down off the plane, the minute Elvis made his appearance at the door of the plane, the screaming got even worse.

Quote by Minnie Pearl

I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?

Quote by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi about poetry, fear, man

To love is, in fact, the project planned that you will be...

To love is, in fact, the project planned that you will be loved.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre about love

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you

Quote by Muhammad Ali about age, people, day, life

How to make God laugh: Tell him your future plans.

How to make God laugh: Tell him your future plans.

Quote by Woody Allen about god, future

It was always part of the plan to move into acting.

It was always part of the plan to move into acting.

Quote by Aaliyah about opinion

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!

Quote by Edward Abbey about flowers, magic

During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about magic

Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to...

Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.

Quote by Richard Bach about civilization

Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last.

Quote by John Abizaid about being, change, affair, day

Clearly the Secretary of Defense, my boss, would like nothing better than to get Osama bin Laden and to get... to ensure the complete defeat of al-Qaida, because we know that al-Qaida is planning operations against the United States even as we...

Quote by John Abizaid about defeat, heads, nothing

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about ability, experience, need

I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm...

I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.

Quote by Erykah Badu about artists, work, world

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from...

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about soul, things

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