“The prairies were dust. Day after day, summer after summer, the scorching winds blew the dust and the sun was brassy in a yellow sky. Crop after crop failed. Again and again the barren land must be mortgaged for taxes and food and next year's seed. The agony of hope ended when there was not harvest and no more credit, no money to pay interest and taxes; the banker took the land. Then the bank failed.” YearsNextInterestPaySunSkyLandWindTaxesSummerCreditSeedsDustYellowAgonyAgain And AgainHarvestCropsBankersNext YearNo MoneyBarrenPrairieScorching Author:Rose Wilder Lane
“Other lands became a larder full of all the good things All we had to do was go and take Blood the colour of the rain that grew our wicked harvest Black the colour icing on our cake” BlackBloodLandGrewRainGood ThingsColourWickedCakeHarvestIcing Author:Andy Partridge
“Conservation is getting nowhere because it is incompatible with our Abrahamic concept of land. We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. There is no other way for land to survive the impact of mechanized man, nor for us to reap from it the aesthetic harvest it is capable, under science, of contributing to culture” MenWayMayUseCultureCommunityLandCapableConceptsAbuseRegardImpactBelongingAestheticCommodityConservationHarvestReapContributingLove And RespectLand Conservation Book:A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There Source: A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There
“I would be the last to deny that the greatest scientific pioneers belonged to an aristocracy of the spirit and were exceptionally intelligent, something that we as modest investigators will never attain, no matter how much we exert ourselves. Nevertheless ... I continue to believe that there is always room for anyone with average intelligence ... to utilize his energy and ... any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain, and that even the least gifted may, like the poorest land that has been well-cultivated and fertilized, produce an abundant harvest.” IfsMenBelieveWellsMayHas BeensMatterWould BeLastsSpiritBeliefEnergyRoomsBrainLandProduceIntelligentAverageIntelligenceDenyNeverthelessGiftedModestHarvestExceptionalAttainmentPioneersPoorestAristocracySculptorsExertionInvestigators Author:Santiago Ramon y Cajal
“Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic.” PowerfulGenerationsLandEthicsTablesInspiredLandscapeLegacyFarmersHarvestWork EthicProtestant Work Ethic Author:James H. Douglas
“We invest far off places with a certain romance... Long summers, mild winters, rich harvests, plentiful game; none of them lasts for ever. Your own life, or your bands, or even your species - might be owed to a restless few, drawn by a craving they can hardly articulate or understand, to undiscovered lands, and new worlds.” WorldLongMightLastsRomanceCertainGamesRichLandBandSummerSpeciesWinterNew WorldHarvestRestlessCravingPlentiful Book:Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space Source: Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
“What is realisation? Realisation is my conscious and constant sailing with my Inner Pilot in His Golden Boat towards the uncharted land, where sooner than at once beauty, divinity and Immortality seeds grow into the richest harvest.” GrowsLandConsciousConstantSeedsGoldenBoatImmortalityDivinityPilotsHarvestSailingRealisationUncharted Author:Sri Chinmoy
“We have converted huge swaths of land and ocean into human habitats where we live and grow food and harvest energy. But there's been a sea change in the past century.” HumansPastEnergyGrowsSeaLandCenturyHugeOceanHarvestHabitatSea Change Author:Annalee Newitz
“My father was a cotton farmer first and - but he didn't have any land or what land he had, he lost it in the Depression. So he worked as a woodman and cut pulpwood for the paper mills, rode the rails in boxcars going from one harvest to another to try to make a little money picking fruit or vegetables.” TryingFirstsLittlesFatherLostCuttingLandPaperFruitFarmersVegetablesHarvestCottonMillsRailLittle Money Author:Johnny Cash