Land Quotes
-
As there is not in human observation proper means for measuring the waste of land upon the globe, it is hence inferred, that we cannot estimate the duration of what we see at present, nor calculate the period at which it had begun; so that, with respect to human observation, this world has neither a beginning nor an end.
James Hutton -
There could never really be justice on stolen land.
Lawrence "Kris" Parker Boogie Down Productions
-
The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other types of land, or taking advantage of byproducts that aren't used in the food chain today, or by intercropping.
Bill Gates -
In its heyday, Hollywood reflected, if it did not actually produce, the sexual climate of our land.
Anita Loos -
The peasants of all lands recognize power and they salute it, whether it's good or evil.
Andrei Codrescu -
Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
William Goldman -
Do not say the land ahead does not exist, simply because you cannot see it.
R. H. Barlow -
It is very true that D.C. often operates in the land of caricature.
Ted Cruz
-
The rich think this land is theirs though they have never earned the right to call it theirs.
Maaza Mengiste -
He reached behind to knock the ball loose, and (Palmer) made the call. This is the second game where we've had inconsequential plays land us on the free-throw line in the last seconds of the game.
Phil Jackson -
The house was built on the highest part of the narrow tongue of land between the harbor and the open sea. It had lasted through three hurricanes and it was built solid as a ship.
Ernest Hemingway -
As long as you are still fighting in defense of your dignity and for your occupied land, all is well.
George Habash -
He allows very readily, that the eyes and footsteps of the master are things most salutary to the land.
Columella -
I used to walk like a giant on the land. Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream
Neil Young Buffalo Springfield
-
Here in Florida … we have something special we never enjoyed at Disneyland - the blessing of size. There's enough land here to hold all the ideas and plans we can possibly imagine.
Walt Disney -
God loves America. When you consider what He went through to bring our forbearers to this magnificent land, and when you realize what He accomplished in bringing forth a new nation on this continent - a government founded on Christian principles...you have to realize that He had a dramatic vision and purpose for this nation.
D. James Kennedy -
Conquer land like Napoleon, military bomb fest
Lamont Jody Hawkins -
[About the diaspora] Canaan is too small for God's children. The Land of Israel will spread through all lands!
I. L. Peretz -
The beautiful, passionate, ruined South, the land of magnolias and music, of roses and romance . . . living on the memory of crushing defeats.
Oscar Wilde -
Columbus's doom-burdened caravels
J. C. Squire
-
The King sisters must be thanked for their desire to protect this land. Without their tenacity and the support from their families, this deal would never have come together.
Nancy Greene -
Buying land is not like buying antique. It is not the only deal available.
Li Ka-shing -
Without this great land of ours, we would all drown.
Irwin Corey -
They rode out together from the shadows of the trees, leaving the Bala Hissar and the glowing torch of the burning Residency behind them, and spurred away across the flat lands towards the mountains... And it may even be that they found their Kingdom.
Mary Margaret ('Mollie') Kaye