"We have been the most prodigal of people with land, and for years we wasted it with impunity. There was so much of it, and no matter how we fouled it, there was always more over the next hill, or so it seemed."

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Source : William H. Whyte (2012). “The Last Landscape”, p.1, University of Pennsylvania Press

William H. Whyte

#Years Quotes #Land Quotes #People Quotes

“...there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing.”
“The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen to put profits before people, money before morality, dividends before decency, fanaticism before fairness, and our own trivial comforts before the unspeakable agonies of others”
“If churches want to play the game of politics, let them pay admission like everyone else.”
“Kindness is no virtue, but a common duty.”
“The summer before I went to culinary school, my family wanted me to take a job on a movie to make sure that I was making the right decision. I think they hoped I would change my mind about culinary school.”
“I really like Woody Allen, I really like John Cassavetes, and I really like movies that are super-naturalistic. I studied film studies in college, but I slept through all the movies, and I love film but I don't have a lot to reference. And so I don't know what my influences are and I don't know where this came from at all.”
“Players who have more great games than other players are the great players.”
“I think as a human being, if you can do something to impact someone's life, that's about the greatest accomplishment you can have.”

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