Wendell Berry Quotes
Industrial agriculture characteristically proceeds by single solutions to single problems: If you want the most money from your land this year, grow the crops for which the market price is highest.
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
-
I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
-
I'm afraid to fail again.
-
I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students, is that you counsel compliance with the law. The lawyer, more than simply being a mouthpiece for the client and advocating at whatever cost the client's interest, is also an officer of the court in questions that appear before the court.
-
You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
-
I want to pursue a career in film.
-
I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
-
The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
-
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
-
The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
-
Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
-
I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
-
I'm not into the attention thing so much.
-
In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.
-
We all have original ideas. Even if we don't see ourselves as supercreative or as wild nonconformists, we have insights every day about how the world around us could be better. It might be a better way of running meetings in your office that would be less mind-numbing. It might be a little twist on a product or a service.
-
Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.
-
I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
-
I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
-
I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
-
Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.
-
My mum is a theatrical person. I saw a tape of a theatre project she did when I was a kid. I was really affected by the idea that my mum could turn herself into someone else for the purpose of telling a story.
-
Congress has taken an action now that makes it absolutely improper and illegal to use waterboarding... or any other form of torture by our military and by our other departments and agencies.
-
Creativity is the process of sensing problems or gaps in information, then identifying the difficulties and seeking solutions through trial and error or through forming hypotheses.
-
Industrial agriculture characteristically proceeds by single solutions to single problems: If you want the most money from your land this year, grow the crops for which the market price is highest.
