“If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land. This is a recipe for major security problems.” IfsProblemWaterNaturalLandSecurityHabitConflictMajorsMassResourcesNegativeCrisisClimateClimate ChangeProductionsFarmsRefugeeRecipesScarceNatural ResourcesDisruptionMigrationRefugee CrisisFood ProductionScarce Resources Author:Michael Franti
“Accounts of outrages committed by mobs form the every-day news of the times. They have pervaded the country from New England to Louisiana, they are neither peculiar to the eternal snows of the former nor the burning suns of the latter; they are not the creature of climate, neither are they confined to the slaveholding or the non-slaveholding States. Alike they spring up among the pleasure-hunting masters of Southern slaves, and the order-loving citizens of the land of steady habits. Whatever then their cause may be, it is common to the whole country.” MayCountryStatesWholeFormOrderCausesPleasureCommonSunLandMastersHabitCitizensCreaturesEternalNewsSpringAccountsEnglandSlaveClimateCommittedSnowFormerBurningLatterSouthernPeculiarSteadyHuntingConfinedOutrageLouisianaNew England Book:Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches Source: Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches
“In medieval times the habit arose of expressing a man's wealth, no longer in terms of the amount of land in his estate, but of the amount of pepper in his pantry. One way of saying that a man was poor was to say that he lacked pepper. The wealthy lacked pepper. The wealthy kept large stores of pepper in their houses, and let it be known that it was there: it was a guarantee of solvency.” MenWayHouseTermWealthPoorKnownLandFoodAmountHabitCookingStoresOne WayGuaranteesCulinaryWealthyEstatesMedievalPeppersPantryMedieval Times Author:Waverley Root
“The man that gets drunk is little else than a fool, And is in the habit, no doubt, of advocating for Home Rule; But the best Home Rule for him, as far as I can understand, Is the abolition of strong drink from the land.” MenLittlesI CanHomeStrongDoubtLandHe ManFoolHabitDrinkDrunkNo DoubtAbolitionAdvocatingStrong DrinkHome Rule Author:William Topaz McGonagall
“Any relation to the land, the habit of tilling it, or mining it, or even hunting on it, generates the feeling of patriotism. He who keeps shop on it, or he who merely uses it as a support to his desk and ledger, or to his manufactory, values it less.” UseFeelingsValuesSupportLandHabitRelationShopsPatriotismShoppingHuntingDesksMining Book:Essays and Lectures Source: Essays and Lectures
“One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of habit, the leaden weight of routine, the cloak of many cares and the slavery of home, man feels once more happy.” MenFeelsHumansMomentsHomeCareEffortJourneyLandInspireHabitTravelWeightSlaveryWanderAround The WorldHuman LifeRoutineTime TravelTraveledFunny TravelShakingTravellerDepartureCloaksGreat TravelInspiring TravelTravel AdventureAdventure And TravelFettersInspirational AdventureAdventure And LifeTravel Journey Author:Richard Burton
“The important thing about travel in foreign lands is that it breaks the speech habits and makes you blab less, and breaks the habitual space-feeling because of different village plans and different landscapes. It is less important that there are different mores, for you counteract these with your own reaction-formations.” ImportantDifferentFeelingsSpaceBreakPlansSocietyLandHabitTravelSpeechImportant ThingsReactionsLandscapeVillageFormationTourismHabitualTravel And TourismForeign Lands Book:Five years Source: Five years
“It is well to be informed about the winds, About the variations in the sky, The native traits and habits of the place, What each locale permits, and what denies.” WellsSkyLandWindHabitDenyNativePermitTraitsVariation Author:Virgil