“We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I do not know.”
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
Source: Essays In Criticism By Matthew Arnold
66th Academy Award Speech (1994)
“We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I do not know.”
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
Source: Essays In Criticism By Matthew Arnold
Jon Stewart book Naked Pictures of Famous People
Naked Pictures of Famous People (1998)
Context: Hitler: I'm not going to lie to you, it took a while. There were moments all along where I knew something was wrong. I remember one time... I think it was in Munich. We were having a rally. 100,000 people all chanting my name. The bonfires were going. The whole shebang. It should have been a crowning moment, but I clearly remember thinking, What am I doing here? I hate crowds.
Paul Robeson (1898–1976) American singer and actor
As quoted in Paul Robeson : I Want to Make Freedom Ring (2008) by Carin T. Ford, p. 97, Ch. 9
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Yertle the Turtle (1958)
Source: Yertle the Turtle and Gertrude McFuzz
“I think that I am here, on this earth,
To present a report on it, but to whom I don't know.”
Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator
"Consciousness," trans. Czesław Miłosz and Robert Hass
Unattainable Earth (1986)
Context: I think that I am here, on this earth,
To present a report on it, but to whom I don't know.
As if I were sent so that whatever takes place
Has meaning because it changes into memory.
Larry Hogan (1956) American politician
" Inaugural Address http://governor.maryland.gov/2015/01/21/inaugural-address-governor-larry-hogan/" (21 January 2015)