James H. Douglas, Jr. Quotes

Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic.

James H. Douglas, Jr.

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• If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • Nature
  • Responsibility

• When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.

  

  Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Famous
  • Wanted
  • Kid

• In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Life
  • World
  • Game

• We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Women
  • Support
  • Decision

• I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.

  

  Imran Khan
  • Think
  • Losing
  • Key

• Being someone with Latin roots, so many doors are constantly closed for you because people put you in a category, and the thing I've always wanted to avoid is categorisation.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • People
  • Latin
  • Doors

• I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.

  

  Samantha Cameron
  • Read
  • Public
  • Twitter

• I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.

  

  Natasha Bedingfield
  • Good
  • Work
  • Art

• Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • You
  • Just
  • Appreciate

• I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Funny
  • Humor
  • Sense Of Humor

• My normal life is like being on holiday.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Life
  • Holiday
  • Normal

• I think everyone's a little afraid of being part of a trend, because you get compared to each other. Writers tend to have a lot of camaraderie, and when you're constantly compared to someone else, it kind of damages that camaraderie, but I think this is a great trend. I'm honored to be a part of it in many ways.

  

  Veronica Roth
  • Great
  • Think
  • Kind

• We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

  

  Barbara Jordan
  • Control
  • Responsibility
  • Philosophy

• Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Done
  • Know
  • Government

• Fans will treat something preciously if they're given the opportunity to do so.

  

  Zachary Levi
  • Opportunity
  • Fans
  • Treat

• I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • Political
  • Talk
  • Matters

• It is a sad but undeniable reality that people have died in the line of duty since the earliest days of the United Nations. The first was Ole Bakke, a Norwegian member of the United Nations guard detachment, shot and killed in Palestine in 1948. The toll since then has included colleagues at all levels.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • People
  • Reality
  • Sad

• Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? Being there was not so fun.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Fun
  • Fall
  • Wall

• Congressmember Weiner has shown just a pattern of reckless behavior, an inability to tell the truth, and what New Yorkers deserve is a mayor with a record of delivering for them, of vision, and a level of maturity and responsibility.

  

  Christine Quinn
  • Truth
  • Responsibility
  • Vision

• When I'm working on something, even when I don't know exactly where it's going, I have a sense of what I'd like to make. So maybe doing things right is following that sense even when I stop trusting myself. The rightness is in the process, even if it doesn't match up with my plans.

  

  Martine Syms
  • Up
  • Stop

• Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

  

  Kanye West
  • God
  • Heart
  • Sun

• I think the person who has had more experience of hardships can stand more firmly in the face of problems than the person who has never experienced suffering. From this angle then, some suffering can be a good lesson for life.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Life
  • Good
  • Experience

• We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

  

  Maya Angelou
  • See
  • Ourselves
  • Rise

• Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic.

  

  James H. Douglas, Jr.
  • Work
  • Food
  • Respect