“If I could rest anywhere, it would be in Arkansas, where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed such as grows nowhere else on the face of the universal earth.” IfsMenRealWould BeEarthFacesGrowsHalfHe ManUniversalHorseIf I CouldArkansasAlligators Author:Davy Crockett
“A few moments before the sun sets, the dark Earth shadow begins to rise in the east... It is nothing less than the shadow of the entire Earth, cast upward onto the atmosphere itself... I saw it over the great plains, and I felt as if I could sense the Earth pivoting silently under my feet.” IfsMomentsEarthFeltDarkSunSawsFeetShadowCastsEastAtmosphereIf I CouldSun Set Author:James Elkins
“If I could wish for immortality on earth, it would only be for the power of relieving the distressed.” IfsEarthWishCompassionImmortalityIf I Could Author:Maria Theresa
“If I could go back to a point in history to try to get things to come out differently, I would go back and tell moses to go up the mountain again and get the other tablet. Because the Ten Commandments just tell us what we are supped to do with one another, not a word about our relationship to the earth. Genesis starts with these commands: multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue it. We have multiplied very well, we have replenished our populations very well, we have subdued it all too well, and we don't have any other instruction.” IfsTryingWellsEarthTenMountainPopulationCommandIf I CouldInstructionOur RelationshipCommandmentsMosesGenesisTen CommandmentsTablets Author:David R. Brower