You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn. John Buchan
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. Henry David Thoreau
The coolest thing for me is the experience of floating and not feeling my weight. And hanging by a window just after sunset and watching the stars in the big black dome of the sky as the earth moves underneath. Kalpana Chawla
Every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun. Ralph Waldo Emerson
As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor. Barry Commoner
The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun. F. Scott Fitzgerald