“Assoon as I stepped out of my mother's womb on to dry land, I realized that I had made a mistake?but the trouble with children is that they are not returnable.” ChildrenMadeMotherMistakeTroubleLandI RealizedDryWombMade A MistakeDry Land Author:Quentin Crisp
“As it is pleasant to see the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for him who has escaped from troubles to think of them.” ThinkingTroubleSeaLandAdversityPleasant Book:Enchiridion Source: Enchiridion
“Part of the trouble is that I've never properly understood that some disasters accumulate, that they don't all land like a child out of an apple tree.” ChildrenTroubleTreeLandUnderstoodDisasterApplesApple Trees Author:Janet Burroway
“Our early 21st century civilization is in trouble. We need not go beyond the world food economy to see this. Over the last few decades we have created a food production bubble-one based on environmental trends that cannot be sustained, including overpumping aquifers, overplowing land, and overloading the atmosphere with carbon dioxide.” WorldNeedsLastsGrowthEconomyTroubleLandCenturyCivilizationEnvironmentalIncludingProductionsDecadesAtmosphereTrendsBubblesConsumptionCarbon21st CenturyCarbon DioxideFood ProductionAquifers Author:Lester R. Brown
“To build enormous palaces, to conquer or to mimic nature, to ransack the world in order to gratify the passions of a man, is not thought of, but to add a few yards of land to your field, to plant an orchard, or enlarge a dwelling, to always be making life more comfortable and convenient, to avoid trouble, and to satisfy the smallest wants without effort and almost without cost. These are small objects, but the soul clings to them; it dwells upon them closely and day by day, till they at last shut out the rest of the world and sometimes intervene between itself and heaven.” MenWorldWantSoulSometimesLastsOrderPassionHeavenEffortTroubleLandFieldsObjectsCostComfortableAddPlantEnvironmentalEnormousConquerSustainabilitySmallestYardsPalacesConvenientDwellingOrchardSmall Objects Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“We are all great landed proprietors, if we only knew it. What we lack is not land, but the power to enjoy it. Moreover, this great inheritance has the additional advantage that it entails no labor, requires no management. The landlord has the trouble, but the landscape belongs to everyone who has eyes to see it.” IfsEyeEnjoyTroubleLandAdvantageLaborManagementPropertyLandscapeInheritanceLandlord Author:John Lubbock
“Perhaps you will ask whether I can raise these three millions without difficulty. Well, nearly all my capital is invested in land, but I have some money out at interest and I can borrow without any trouble.” WellsI CanThreeAsksInterestMillionsTroubleLandDifficultyRaisesInvesting Author:Pliny the Younger
“In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.” UnderstandingTroubleLandCallingEmpathyHotBurningMidst Author:Jon Ronson
“Do not trouble yourself for your brethren, for we have already provided lands for them, which they shall possess forever.” ForeverTroubleLandBrethren Author:Gaius Marius