Quotes about land
land grace matter
All land, no matter what has happened to it, has over it a grace, an absolutely persistent beauty. Robert Adams
land apples way
Apple is in a position they've been in a lot of times before. They're like Moses showing the way to the promised land, but they don't actually go there. Tim O'Reilly
land water together
...precisely where the land touched water at high tide, where things came together but also separated. Tim O'Brien
land names white
Had the white settlers in North America called the natives 'Americans' instead of 'Indians', the early Americans could not have said that the 'only good Indian is a dead Indian' and could not have deprived them so easily of their lands and lands and lives. Robbing people of their proper names is often the first step in robbing them of their property, liberty, and life. Thomas Szasz
land genius architecture
The genius of architecture seems to have shed its maledictions over this land. Thomas Jefferson
land pieces property
I bought a cheap piece of land... It was on someone else’s property. Steven Wright
land ideas
In the land of ideas, you are always renting. Steven Soderbergh
land fire enemy
After my grandfather's plane took enemy fire, he was denied permission to land at the first available airstrip. In that classic British bureaucratic way, they said he had to go back to your own airbase in the Midlands. They crashed between the coast and the airfield. Tom Hooper
land fruit bears
Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live Toni Morrison
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 water darkness
The repose of darkness is deeper on the water than on the land. Victor Hugo
landscape destroying
Stop destroying the landscape with your outfit. Rick Owens
land lazy aristocracy
The aristocracy are not the farmers who work the land, and raise the produce, but are the mere consumers of the rent; and when compared with the active world, are the drones, a seraglio of males, who neither collect the honey nor form the hive, but exist only for lazy enjoyment. Thomas Paine
land wind waiting
As well might you leave the fairies to plough your land or the idle winds to sow it, as sit down and wait for freedom. Thomas Davis
land heaven wish
And in that Heaven of all their wish, there shall be no more land, say fish Rupert Brooke
land want language
Hear this if you can: If you want to reach him You have to go beyond yourself And when you finally arrive at the land of absence Be silent Don’t say a thing Ecstasy, not words, is the language spoken there Rumi
land people waiting
Oh God, are there so many of them in our land! Students who can’t be happy until they’ve graduated, servicemen who can’t be happy until they are discharged, single folks who can’t be happy until they’ve found a mate, workers who can’t be happy until they’ve retired, adolescents who aren’t happy until they’re grown, ill people who aren’t happy until they’re well, failures who aren’t happy until they succeed, restless who can’t wait until they get out of town, and in most cases, vice versa, people waiting, waiting for the world to begin. Tom Robbins
land joy soul
Things. Cosas. Things attach themselves like leeches to the human soul, then they bleed out the sweetness and the music and the primordial joy of being unencumbered upon the land.
land oregon growth
The interests of Oregon for today and in the future must be protected from the grasping wastrels of the land. We must respect another truism - that unlimited and unregulated growth, leads inexorably to a lowered quality of life. Tom McCall
land names sea
If I am going to be drowned – if I am going to be drowned – if I am going to be drowned, why in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate land and trees? Stephen Crane
land lobbying use
Those who do not know the plans of competitors cannot prepare alliances. Those who do not know the lay of the land cannot maneuver their forces. Those who do not use local guides cannot take advantage of the ground. Sun Tzu
land enemy weapons
Without local guides, your enemy employs the land as a weapon against you.
land why-not produce
If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation. Samuel Adams
land different-experiences theatre
I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience. T. J. Thyne
land people bills
Rich people collect land. Poor people collect bills. T. Harv Eker
land honor criticism
[On The Waste Land:] Various critics have done me the honor to interpret the poem in terms of criticism of the contemporary world, have considered it, indeed, as an important bit of social criticism. To me it was only the relief of a personal and wholly insignificant grouse against life; it is just a piece of rhythmical grumbling. T. S. Eliot
land pounds meat
Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat. Sylvia Earle
land fancy-things goal
Ive never been the type of guy thats ever needed a lot of things or any fancy things, but my lifelong goal has always been to have a piece of land and a house. Tyler Farr
land enough bigs
No which fish are big enough to land Rick Riordan
land bored tree
You never know!” Neith snapped. “The point is, I’ll survive the apocalypse. I can live off the land!” She jabbed a finger at me. “Did you know the palm tree has six different edible parts?” “Um—” “And I’ll never be bored,” Neith continued, “since I’m also the goddess of weaving. I have enough twine for a millennium of macramé!” I had no reply, as I wasn’t sure what macramé was.
land numbers grandpa
We did all the standard camp numbers: "Down By The Aegean," "I Am My Own Great-Great-Great-Great Grandpa," "This Land is Minos's Land.