“Men will gamble and plot and fight and fall, all for the winning of a trophy. A woman's heart, a piece of land, a kingdom, a lordship, a contract, a ship, an egg -- it hardly matters the which or the what, as soon as it is seen to be desired by one, another will make a prize of it.” MenHeartMatterDesireFallFightingWinningPiecesLandKingdomsShipsPlotPrizeEggsContractsGambleTrophiesLordship Author:Jeanette Winterson
“In the late 1980s, Soviets were allowed to keep the wealth they created by raising vegetables on their garden plots. Although these plots composed only about 2% of the agricultural lands in the Soviet Union, they produced 25% of the food! When Soviets kept the wealth they created, they produced almost 16 times more than when it was taken from them at gunpoint, if necessary!” IfsWealthTakenLandLateGardenPropertyUnionsPlotVegetablesSovietSoviet Union Author:Mary Ruwart
“If you've got a plot the size of a car or a tiny yard in Italy, you're going to be growing tomatoes and basil and celery and carrots, and everybody is still connected to the land.” IfsStillsGrowingLandCarSizeConnectedTinyPlotYardsTomatoesCarrotsCeleryBasil Author:Frances Mayes
“A country is strong which consists of wealthy families, every member of whom is interested in defending a common treasure; it is weak when composed of scattered individuals, to whom it matters little whether they obey seven or one, a Russian or a Corsican, so long as each keeps his own plot of land, blind in their wretched egotism, to the fact that the day is coming when this too will be torn from them.” LittlesLongCountryMatterFactsIndividualStrongWealthCommonFamilyLandMembersWeakBlindUnitySevenTreasurePlotWealthyTornWretchedEgotism Book:Letters of Two Brides Source: Letters of Two Brides
“This blessèd plot, this earth, this realm, this England This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, . . . This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land.” SoulEarthLandKingsEnglandDearRealmsPlotBlessNurseRoyalWomb Author:William Shakespeare
“One wise decision I made was buying a plot of land with planning permission in Richmond, and building my own five-bedroom home on it. I sold three years after I completed the building and more than doubled my money. I like Richmond and always have my eyes open for other properties in the area.” YearsMadeHomeEyeThreeMy OwnDecisionFiveWiseLandBuildingAreasPropertyPlanningBuyingPlotThree YearsPermissionBedroomWise DecisionRichmond Author:Anthea Turner
“Over 80% of the poor are people who have small plots of land and grow their own food and they don't grow enough to sell much into the marketplace. So they will be hit hard by the worst in climate. They really get hit hard starting in the 20-year time frame and thereafter.” PeopleYearsHardEnoughGrowsPoorLandWorstSellsClimateStartingPlotMarketplace Author:Bill Gates
“I started natural farming after the war with just one small plot, but gradually I acquired additional acreage by taking over surrounding pieces of abandoned land and caring for them by hand.” WarHandsNaturalPiecesLandCaringJust OnePlotAbandonedFarming Author:Masanobu Fukuoka