"Tree planting is always a utopian enterprise, it seems to me, a wager on a future the planter doesn't necessarily expect to witness."

--

Michael Pollan

#Garden Quotes #Tree Quotes #Wagers Quotes

“Optimism can be more powerful than a battery of artillery or squadron of tanks. It can be contagious and it's necessary to being a leader.”
“We think we should only go into a country if we can be sure of our return. Jesus never promised that.”
“When chaos is the god of an era, clamorous music is the deity's chief instrument.”
“The Devil may take the reckless, but the good will surely die of boredom. Boredom and frustration.”

Source : Sarah Dunant (2004). “The Birth of Venus: A Novel”, p.122, Random House
“I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments.”
“Genuinely great humour recognises the world it's describing and yet we are also called into question by it. That's what great art should do. That's what great philosophy should do. The one thing about humour is that this is an everyday practice that does this.”
“It is extremely unlikely that anyone coming out of school with a technical degree will go into one area and stay there. Today's students have to look forward to the excitement of probably having three or four careers.”
“But Friedman seemed to share Friedrich Hayek's extreme and inaccurate view that socialism of the sort that Britain embraced under the old Labour Party was incompatible with democracy, and I don't think that there is a good theoretical or empirical basis for that view. The Road to Serfdom flunks the test of accuracy of prediction!”

You may also like:

Alice Waters
Chef
Eric Schlosser
Journalist
Joel Salatin
Farmer
Maira Kalman
Illustrator
Marion Nestle
Professor
Mark Bittman
Journalist
Robert Kenner
Screenwriter
Tracy Pollan
Actress
Wendell Berry
Novelist