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Earth Is Round Quotes

Some men think the Earth is round, others think it flat; it is a matter capable of question. But, if it is flat, will the King's command make it round? And, if it is round, will the King's command flatten it?
- Robert Bolt

Here is the truth: The Earth is round; Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11; Elvis is dead; Obama was born in the United States; and the climate crisis is real.
- Al Gore

I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides; that it is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars.
- Johannes Kepler

The most important result of the encounter [in the preceding anecdote] is the scholar's startling discovery of the roundness of the earth... Instinctively realizing the connection between the foreigner's presence, the roundness of the earth, and future changes and upheavals, he finally announces, Yes, the earth is round, the women will start to think, and as soon as they begin to think, they will become shameless.
- Azar Nafisi

It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.
- Meryl Streep

You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.
- Patricia Sun

I know I shouldn't say thisI know it as surely as I know the earth is round and beats are eviland yet here it comes: It's not too late to change your mind.
- Sara Zarr

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