#earth

What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#closer #constant #course #earthquakes #emerged

But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth. ↗

— Sally Ride

#earth #i #looking #usually #window

The view of Earth is spectacular. ↗

— Sally Ride

#spectacular #view

At that time, people wanted to be frightened. The Thing had come out, The Day the Earth Stood Still had come out, and these were all frightening movies. ↗

— Ann Robinson

#day #earth #frightened #frightening #had

We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably. ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#conscious #earth #given #highly #make

Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth. ↗

— James Randolph Adams

#business #come #earth #inherit #man

If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#earthquakes #economy #geology #study #understand

Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#become #birds #body #connection #daily

If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions. ↗

— Abba Eban

#declaring #earth #flat #flattened #had

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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