"Good farmers, who take seriously their duties as stewards of Creation and of their land's inheritors, contribute to the welfare of society in more ways than society usually acknowledges, or even knows. These farmers produce valuable goods, of course; but they also conserve soil, they conserve water, they conserve wildlife, they conserve open space, they conserve scenery."

-- Wendell Berry

#Land Quotes #Space Quotes #Water Quotes

“The purpose of speech is to enliven the bliss in others.”
“Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species.”
“I sometimes think men don't 'hear' very well, if I take your meaning to be 'understand what is going on in a person.' That's what makes them so restful. Women wear each other out with their everlasting touching of the nerve.”
“Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards. This is your life and mine. I've spent a whole lifetime building this and as long as I'm in charge, nobody is going to knock it down.”
“What have I done? What horrid crime committed? To me the worst of crimes-outliv'd my liking.”

Source : Colley Cibber (1760). “The careless husband; The rival fools; The lady's last stake; Richard III”, p.334
“I’d rather lose a 3:58 mile than win one in 4:10.”
“I live out in the country now and it's quiet and it's a place where I can think a lot.”
“I wanted the monster back and that was plainly wrong.”

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