Quotes about Geology

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If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among them, as they do — Robert G. Ingersoll, Some Mistakes of Moses
The scientific world of the time was in the midst of a terrible ferment, with discoveries and realizations coming at an — Simon Winchester, Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
In your handsThe dog, the donkey, surely they know They are alive.Who would argue otherwise?But now, after years of cons — Mary Oliver, Swan: Poems and Prose Poems
No Geologist worth anything is permanently bound to a desk or laboratory, but the charming notion that true science can — Stephen Jay Gould, An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas
To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as the lofty p — James Hutton
It was during my enchanted days of travel that the idea came to me, which, through the years, has come into my thoughts — Hans Cloos, Conversation with the Earth
The Himalayas are the crowning achievement of the Indo-Australian plate. India in the Oligocene crashed head on into Tib — John McPhee, Annals of the Former World
Look, I don't know what you are, but you're more than a geologist, if you are one at all. I've met lots of geologists on — Kevin Hearne, Tricked
Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology. — Thomas E. Woods Jr.
Sorgan tried his very best not to think about how long it must have taken for a stream that small to eat its way down th — David Eddings, Crystal Gorge
The decline of geography in academia is easy to understand: we live in an age of ever-increasing specialization, and geo — Ken Jennings
Unkar Delta at Mile 73The layers of brick red sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone of the Dox formation deposited a billio — Ann Zwinger, Downcanyon: A Naturalist Explores the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon
A thought that stayed with me was that I had entered a private place in the earth. I had seen exposed nearly its oldest — Barry López, Crossing Open Ground
The geologist takes up the history of the earth at the point where the archaeologist leaves it, and carries it further b — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, The Arctic Home in the Vedas
We can only predict the future ecological changes, by emergence of the past into the present. — Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
We study the past history, with the conscience of the present environmental changes; we can only predict the future ecol — Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Earth is ancient now, but all knowledge is stored up in her. She keeps a record of everything that has happened since ti — Jeanette Winterson, Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
Ahead and to the west was our ranger station - and the mountains of Idaho, poems of geology stretching beyond any bounda — Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
I pace the shallow sea, walking the time between, reflecting on the type of fossil I’d like to be. I guess I’d like my b — Ann Zwinger, Downcanyon: A Naturalist Explores the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon
I guess she was a life line Sewing our family fabric togetherFrom me to dad to herGave me a sense of continuity Especial — Richard L. Ratliff