“I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world. The best land and the best prospects for health I ever saw, and I do believe it is a fortune to any man to come here. There is a world of country here to settle.” MenWorldBelieveCountrySawsLandGardenFortuneSpotsSettlingTexasCowboyProspectsTexanWest Texas Author:Davy Crockett
“Everything has a price... No matter if it's fortune, fame or your life. I understood later that it's all about paper, Everything has a fee in the land of the free.” IfsMatterLandFamePaperUnderstoodFortuneHip HopRapFeesLand Of The Free Author:O.C.
“Indeed, it may be laid down as a general principle, that the more extended the ancestry, the greater the amount of violence and vagabondism; for in ancient days those two amusements, combining a wholesome excitement with a promising means of repairing shattered fortunes, were at once the ennobling pursuit and the healthful recreation of the Quality of this land.” MayMeanTwoFunnyQualityPrinciplesGreaterViolenceLandAmountHumorousFortuneAncientPursuitExcitementAmusementShatteredRecreationAncestryCombiningRepairing Book:The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit Source: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
“Nobody is going to invest a fortune into good orchard land, all the farming equipment necessary, the fertilizer, the seedlings, the nonstop Herculean work effort needed to grow apples, then bring them to the fruit stand for people to take home for free.” PeopleHomeGrowsEffortLandNeededFortuneFruitApplesEquipmentFarmingOrchardFertilizerWork EffortSeedlings Author:Ted Nugent
“I am not part of that earlier Australian generation who set off on a deliberate search for fame and fortune in distant lands. My generation was the first that didn't need to. By the 1980's when I left home, our culture had grown deep enough and wide enough to encompass all but the most rarefied of ambitions.” NeedsFirstsArtEnoughHomeCultureLeftGenerationsLandFameAmbitionFortuneWideDeliberateAustralianMy Generation Book:Boyer Lectures 2011 Source: Boyer Lectures 2011