Quotes about land
land charity philanthropy
Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land. Thomas Gray
land ego needs
But even if ego-death is regarded as the optimum model for human existence, one of liberation from ourselves, it still remains a compromise with being, a concession to the blunder of creation itself. We should be able to do better, and we can. To have our egos killed off is second-best to killing off death and all the squalid byplay that flitters around it. So let all lands be small, and grower smaller and smaller until no lands are left where any human footstep need press itself upon the earth. Thomas Ligotti
land america matter
Land. If you understand nothing else about the history of Indians in North America, you need to understand that the question that really matters is the question of land. Thomas King
land feet may
A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
land numbers long
For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of the land. Vilfredo Pareto
land recipes world
My own recipe for world peace is a bit of land for everyone. Gladys Taber
land safety infinite
But as in landlessness alone resides the highest truth, shoreless, indefinite as God - so better is it to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee, even if that were safety! For worm-like, then, oh! who would craven crawl to land! Herman Melville
land sky nurse
Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure. Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
land cities two
Just two days in Manhattan and you find yourself looking for a place to wash your handkerchief after you wipe your forehead and it comes away black. Is there a dirtier or more fascinating city anywhere in the land? The answer to both parts of the question has to be positively negative. Herb Caen
land rivers lakes
What is most striking in the Maine wilderness is the continuousness of the forest, with fewer open intervals or glades than you had imagined. Except the few burnt lands, the narrow intervals on the rivers, the bare tops of the high mountains, and the lakes and streams, the forest is uninterrupted. Henry David Thoreau
land giving want
As for my own business, even that kind of surveying which I could do with most satisfaction my employers do not want. They would prefer that I should do my work coarsely and not too well, ay, not well enough. When I observe that there are different ways of surveying, my employer commonly asks which will give him the most land, not which is most correct.
land sea quality
All that is told of the sea has a fabulous sound to an inhabitant of the land and all its products have a certain fabulous quality, as if they belonged to another planet.
land earth theme
New earths, new themes expect us.
land railroads underground-railroad
The only free road, the Underground Railroad, is owned and managed by the Vigilant Committee. They have tunneled under the whole breadth of the land.
land america wildlife
If we drill the hell out of everything, including protected public lands and fragile regions like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, America can emerge as an 'energy superpower.' Jeff Goodell
land would-be development
Nobody disputes that cheap natural gas would be a good thing for the economy. The question is, is this a sustainable new development that can be counted on for decades to come, or simply a 'bubble' brought on by a land grab and drilling frenzy?
land clouds rainbow
There may be a better land where bicycle saddles are made of rainbow, stuffed with cloud; in this world the simplest thing is to get used to something hard. Jerome K. Jerome
land finding-yourself tornadoes
It's like being in the middle of a tornado. It's like, whooooooosh, you know what I'm saying? It's like Dorothy-you wake up and find yourself in the land of Oz. Jennifer Lopez
land ties justice
The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. James A. Baldwin
land jerusalem entitled
Everybody knows we're entitled to one Jerusalem. History reveals very simply that this is our land from the days of the Bible. Jackie Mason
land dimes awful
Prohibition is an awful flop. We like it. It can't stop what it's meant to stop. We like it. It's left a trail of graft and slime It don't prohibit worth a dime It's filled our land with vice and crime, Nevertheless, we're for it. Franklin P. Adams
land people essentials
For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity. Frantz Fanon
land mind germs
Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well.
land birth infant
Birth is a shipwreck, the mewling infant shored on unknown land. Jeanette Winterson
land dry kevin
Dry land is not a myth. I've seen it. Kevin Costner. Waterworld. I don't know what the big fuss is about. I saw that movie nine times. It rules! Jim Carrey
land monsters
Somewhere in the land, a monster lurked. Jerry Springer
land people cost
We're working to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can better continue exploring the solar system. Accomplishing this mission will take time, and we're working on it methodically. Jeff Bezos
land tyrants thrones
A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne. Georges Clemenceau
land dry body
The appearance of the bones of quadrupeds, especially those of complete bodies in the strata, tells us either that the layer itself which carries them was in earlier times dry land or that dry land was at least formed in the immediate area. Georges Cuvier
land community rural-communities
Patenting and purchase of lands are absolutely vital to the health of Nevada's rural communities. Jim Gibbons
land government decision
As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions. Elton Gallegly
land humanity would-be
If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed. Elon Musk
landscape lord form
...the landscape inside Lord of the Rings was so stunning and so stupendous that it could be absorbed as a form of nourishment. Jasper Fforde