Famous Quotes & Sayings

They told us they had parking issues and we said we had 5.5 acres they were welcome to use to solve their problem. We were more than happy to help out the fair.

John Jones

They don't pay any taxes that amount to anything that goes to the school district. They have thousands of acres of property in Harrison County. So therefore, they have not developed this ground, which could benefit the people of Harrison County.

There weren't a whole lot of folks who wanted it. Now it's our opportunity to add 3 acres to the park.

Charles Lee

It seems nutty to sell or exchange waterfront property, because the land would become a magnet for development. If you turn 1,000 acres into subdivisions, the generation of a need for more roads and schools would outstrip any benefit of raising this revenue.

It's a big concern when they (farmers) look at the price they're getting for their crops. They don't see big increases unless it's a year when the yields are low. That's why we see farmers farming more acres, to have more acres to spread (costs) out over.

It's 5 acres of the most wonderful view property in Seattle.

Curtis Sliwa

get a bunch of horses, buy 20 acres there, and get to work.

Beaumont-Hamel sits within a thousand acres of French agriculture. The trenches are under this blanket of grass. In the 1920s, a park was established here and trees from Newfoundland imported to encircle the battlefield so you get the feeling of being within a copse of woods.

The most significant one included the one in Kershaw County. A large fire also burned in Hampton County, estimated to be over 450 acres. Eighty acres also burned in McCormick County, where some structures were threatened.

Some people have charged that we put a bull's-eye on the location of the plane but that's not true. It is an area of at least four square acres so it's not an 'X' marks the spot.

The thing that originally attracted us to this development was the park on the Guadalupe River. It's 60 acres left in its natural state.

Thanks to the cooperation of Mr. Moore and Vital Ground, Montana will leverage the value of their easement to provide about $600,000 in federal funds that we will use to conserve other important forestlands in the Swan Valley. This project will add another 180 acres to a program that has helped conserve wildlife habitat and working forests on nearly 155,000 acres in Montana in the last five years.

Larry Klayman

The state overreached. They wanted the other 5.7 acres and they coerced my client, Mr. Hering, into selling it to them by saying that he wasn't going to get a right-of-way to get to those acres.

The significance of this 5.8 acres that we own, among the 640 acres that we also own, is it does not have to be held open for public use. It can be privately held, privately occupied.

Back in the 1960s, one of the members bought some land there and wanted to sell 10 acres to the club for a clubhouse and shelter, and so it came about.

We have about two million acres here that are potential agriculture and they're going out of business. This is gonna revive those.

The women had an outstanding day in placing second at the McPherson Invitational on a windy day. Six out of seven runners improved their times from last week's meet. Overall, the women ran about a minute faster on the Rolling Acres course compared to a year ago.

These 80 acres were planted in winter rye. The seed germinated and the plants grew three or four inches then died.

These 60 acres will be regenerated with houses, sports facilities and leisure facilities as well as a world-class stadium.

There's no net gain in farmland. No matter how you do the math, we will still lose farmland. We're still losing 700 acres of farm ground.

There's no hard and fast rule, but a basic rule of thumb is that it takes a thousand acres to justify owning a combine.

We went for a late night walk around the grounds and lake; it was so tranquil and silent, ... The inn itself is a privilege to stay in. Each room is uniquely decorated and named after a person of great inspiration to George. There is a great stone fireplace were you can sit up late and drink and talk. But my favorite part of the whole Ranch has to be the atmosphere. Everyone you meet is happy to be there, and the views are amazing. The Ranch is possibly one of the most serene, beautiful places I've ever been to. Thousands of acres of rolling grass hills, forest, lakes and wildlife. Then you have these amazing state-of-the-art buildings. Big Rock Ranch is also a stunning building like an enormous Japanese ski lodge. What a place to work; the toy-licensing department is where I can see my self one day!

We're very hopeful this is the bear. It's basically the same size bear. There's truly not that many bears in the 5,000 acres we have closed off.

The Minden prospect originated this past summer through a large acreage acquisition from a major oil company and Cabot now controls 3,500 acres over the area. We are pleased with our initial results and will remain active in this area throughout 2006. On forty-acre spacing, the prospect has the potential for 80 plus locations.

In many ways, this is an awesome land plan, ... But can we get to 200 acres of open space through land grants, or other ways?

The biggest thing for me is preserving the habitat. An estimated 2,500 acres a day (nationwide) is lost to malls and subdivision. We are trying to preserve some place for the wild animals to call home.

Taking 10,000 acres off the tax rolls is a concern for the county.

Jon Kyl

Forest Service resources need to be concentrated on the most critical acres and communities at risk across the regions.

I'm expecting a decline in acres of rice statewide. It's a question of how much.

David Williams

Eight hundred acres is my office. I feel much more fortunate that I have a job that lets me do that. It makes me appreciate that I have an opportunity to work in this environment.

Carroll Shelby

I've got cattle on 4,000 acres about 100 miles east of Dallas, but I've also got another 65-acre ranch where I raise American miniature horses.

They're losing 6,000 acres of poor hunting land, and in exchange they're getting $5.5 million worth of solid hunting opportunity in other parts of the state.

Bruce Babbitt

In recent years the Forest Service and land management agencies have been burning about 2 to 2 1/2 million acres a year with prescribed fires,