#earth

It may well be said that the answer to the question: Of what do the cosmic rays in fact consist before they produce their familiar secondary radiation phenomena in the earth's atmosphere? can only be obtained from numerous measurements in the stratosphere. ↗

— Victor Francis Hess

#atmosphere #before #consist #cosmic #cosmic rays

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV. ↗

— Rupert Holmes

#arenas #became #because #clubs #concerts

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#earth #god #i #ordinary #put

Geological age plays the same part in our views of the duration of the universe as the Earth's orbital radius does in our views of the immensity of space. ↗

— John Joly

#does #duration #earth #geological #immensity

Long after this wonderful event in the Earth's history, when the human species was spread over a good deal of Asia, Europe, and Africa, migration to the American continents began in attempts to find new feeding grounds and unoccupied areas for hunting and fishing. ↗

— Harry Johnston

#after #american #areas #asia #attempts

I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides; that it is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars. ↗

— Johannes Kepler

#demonstrate #earth #i #inhabited #means

Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child, now comes death. ↗

— Franz Lehar

#child #comes #dear #death #earthly

This record has a lot of influences that I'd love to cover, like Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire. Maybe I'll do some covers of my major influences during my live show. ↗

— Jon Secada

#covers #during #earth #fire #i

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

#earth #inherit #meek #mineral #rights

And when [Bëor] lay dead, of no wound or grief, but stricken by age, the Eldar saw for the first time the swift waning of the life of Men, and the death of weariness which they knew not in themselves; and they grieved greatly for the loss of their friends. But Bëor at the last had relinquished his life willingly and passed in peace; and the Eldar wondered much at the strange fate of Men, for in all their lore there was no account of it, and its end was hidden from them. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#elves #man #middle-earth #age