#surface

We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and plant species living there. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#clear #earth #forests #living #most

Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#ants #dominant #great #habitats #had

My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#irony #layers #paradox #simple #surface

Playing live for a good cause is something I like to do. I like the response of the Indian people, I like their depth and the way they look beyond the surface of things. ↗

— Jeremy Spencer

#cause #depth #good #good cause #i

Beauty is only skin deep. If you go after someone just because she's beautiful but don't have anything to talk about, it's going to get boring fast. You want to look beyond the surface and see if you can have fun or if you have anything in common with this person. ↗

— Amanda Peet

#about #after #anything #beautiful #because

The planet's spinning a thousand miles an hour around this gigantic nuclear explosion while these people roll these machines with rubber tires over this hard surface that we've laid down over the planet so that we can easily move ourselves back and forth. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#back #down #easily #explosion #forth

I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#hear #i #like #neurotic #people

Let sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the earth's surface large enough to satisfy our rightful requirements as a nation. The rest we shall manage for ourselves. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#enough #granted #large #large enough #manage

It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late. ↗

— Wendelin Van Draanen

#character #deep #fact #life #love

Balls should be good for at least six sets, and for more for the average player. But if the rallies are long, they do not last as long as this. There is a fuzz on the surface that wears off on the hard court. ↗

— Helen Wills Moody

#balls #court #fuzz #good #hard