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How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful machines, the good Earth is our Mother and that if we destroy her, we destroy ourselves?

Quote by Paul Bigelow Sears about earth, destruction, suffering, mother, day, good, good luck

I can call spirits from the vasty deep.

I can call spirits from the vasty deep.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

What is so vastly original and new and different about The Pretenders? You know, she sounds like Sandie Shaw circa 1964, the band sounds like a million bands, so what.

Quote by Lester Bangs

The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeological interest, but not always.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about nation, value, interest, world

Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural...

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, miracle, help, beauty, nature, world

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.

Quote by Douglas Adams about univers, mind

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views...

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Quote by John Adams about soul, power

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute...

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

Quote by Bruce Barton about modesty, absolute, age, olderness, sex, man

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about humility, wish, being

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about celebrity, stars, miracle, man

People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about celebrity, stars, miracle, people

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

Quote by Charles Dickens about honesty, idea, bad luck, bad, man, day, face

At the end of all this, Russia held in her hands a vast belt of land running from the Baltic sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, comprising eleven nations with a population of 100 million people.

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about nation, magic, end, people

The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about war, civilization, history, world

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about prosperity, destruction, civilization, force, war, human imperfections, world

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

Quote by Billy Idol about inspiration, music, money

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in...

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about end

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our...

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about victims, cruelty, human imperfections

In the new century, we should continue to work together to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of developing countries including China and India and promote the establishment of a just and equitable new international...

Quote by Li Peng about country, numbers, order, work

To be in a world which is a hell, to be of that world and neither to believe in or guess at anything but that world is not merely hell but the only possible damnation: the act of a man damning himself. It may be - I hope it is - redemption to...

Quote by William Golding about world, hell, beauty, hope, man

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