KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Quotes for topic: Earth


Share this page on

Showing 921-925 of 925 quotes in the topic Earth

My object will be, first, to show by what connections the history of the fossil bones of land animals is linked to the theory of the earth and why they have a particular importance in this respect.

~Georges Cuvier

Topics: Animals Bones Connections Earth First Fossil History Importance Land Linked Object Particular Respect Show The History Of Theory Why Will

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata and to the ebbing of the sea after the formations of new layers.

~Georges Cuvier

Topics: After Ancient Changes Earth Layers Limited New Present Responsible Revolutions Sea State Strata Upsetting Which

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals.

~Georges Cuvier

Topics: Altered Animals Decisive Earth Effect Had Marine More Must Nature Revolutions Secondly Surface Than Which

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Naanabozho was the first tribal trickster on the earth.

~Gerald Vizenor

Topics: Earth First Tribal

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.

~Gertrude Stein

Topics: Anyway Earth Nothing Peasant Sees World Would

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Popular Authors

Johnny Cash Ralph Waldo Emerson Lady Gaga Dalai Lama Robert E. Lee Freddie Mercury Bertrand Russell Desmond Tutu

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1723 - Adam Smith

1829 - George Stephen

1868 - James Connolly

1877 - Pancho Villa

1879 - Robert Mayer

1883 - John Maynard Keynes

1884 - Ivy Compton-Burnett

1887 - Ruth Benedict

1894 - Roy Thomson

1898 - Federico Garcia Lorca

Birthdays on June 5th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Beauty Communication Government Leadership Space Time Truth Veterans Day