Planetary Bodies

Famous quotes containing the words planetary and/or bodies:

    “We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about phytoplankton. All these tiny mechanisms provide the preconditions of our planetary life. To say we do not care is to say in the most literal sense that “we choose death.””
    —Barbara Ward (1914–1981)

    “Remember all those renowned generations,
    They left their bodies to fatten the wolves,
    They left their homesteads to fatten the foxes,
    Fled to far countries, or sheltered themselves
    In cavern, crevice or hole,
    Defending Ireland’s soul.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)