Neil Abercrombie famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.
-- Neil Abercrombie

#Land #Purpose #Assets
There are several states where you can get married. But I think I can say without fear of contradiction, 'Paradise awaits.' We'll be happy to welcome you. And if you do get married in another state, think about honeymooning in Hawaii.
-- Neil Abercrombie

#Gay #Thinking #Hawaii
Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.
-- Neil Abercrombie

#Land #Ideas #Common
So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.
-- Neil Abercrombie

#Common #Interest #Clash
So as soon as the land was worth something and there was money in the bank, all of a sudden everybody got interested in non-discrimination, in who's really going to administer this stuff.
-- Neil Abercrombie

#Land #Stuff #Discrimination
You're talking serious money already in the bank, and millions of dollars coming in every year.
-- Neil Abercrombie

#Years #Talking #Serious
A good portion of the airport is on ceded lands, and lease money was paid for that. So the state's collecting lease money because all of a sudden "worthless" land now has an airport on it.
-- Neil Abercrombie

#Airports #Land #States
Western concepts of ownership and privatization came in and clashed with that. So land began to be exchanged.
-- Neil Abercrombie

#Gdp #Land #Ownership

Into my hear an air that kills through yon far country blows what are those blue remembered hills what spires,what farms are those? that is the land of lost content I can see it shining plain the happy highways where I went and cannot come again.
When Israel was from bondage led,Led by the Almighty's handFrom out of foreign land,The great sea beheld and fled.
California ... is the place that sets the trends and establishes the values for the rest of the country; like a slow ooze, California culture spreads eastward across the land.
As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.
T's [King James Bible] subject is majesty, not tyranny, and it's political purpose was unifying and enfolding, to elide the kingliness of God with the godliness of kings, to make royal power and divine glory into one invisible garment which could be wrapped around the nation as a whole.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes
You have to make sure that your assets and your back is protected before you make any big decisions.
One of the great responsibilities that I have is to manage my assets wisely, so that they create value.
Your company's most valuable asset is how it is known to customers.

Neil Abercrombie famous quotes

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