Land Quotes - Page 82

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

The Anglo-Saxon world saw India as an underdeveloped country. The land of snake charmers, the cows on the street, that "ex-colony-backward-nation" kind of viewpoint, very condescending. Europe on the other hand, saw India in a more romantic, mystical, spiritual way, as a place that's a fountain of wisdom.

You are going to visit the land of marvels.

Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing. The increase in the value of land, arising as it does from the efforts of an entire community, should belong to the community and not to the individual who might hold title.

Hiking. I don't like either the word or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains...the se mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not 'hike' through them.

The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape.

If the Church of England were to fail, it would be found in my parish

All a green willow, willow, All a green willow is my garland.

At my door the Pale Horse stands to carry me to unknown lands.

I'd rather have a search engine or a compiler on a deserted island than a game.

A lot of Pacific island nations are sinking below sea level; they could easily transition slowly into becoming floating nations.

England produces the best fat actors.

Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land.

Truth is a pathless land.

We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom.

I can't say enough about Ireland. I can't. I'd move there.

Dominion by land or sea will appear equally destitute of attraction, when it comes to be generally understood, that all its advantages rest with the rulers, and that the subjects at large derive no benefit whatever.

The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation.

There is a saying in the Neverland that,every time you breathe, a grown-up dies.

In England, justice is open to all - like the Ritz Hotel.

The Earth's population will be culled from today's 6.6 billion to as few as 500 million, with most of the survivors living in the far latitudes - Canada, Iceland, Scandinavia, the Arctic Basin.

There is but little room for doubt that Egypt led the way in the creation of the earliest known group of civilizations which arose on both sides of the land bridge between Africa and Eurasia in the fourth millennium B.C.

We of America are especially fitted to visualize and to understand the marvellous transformation of a wilderness into a land of splendid cities.

My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

I wish I could tell you about the South Pacific. The way it actually was. The endless ocean. The infinite specks of coral we called islands. Coconut palms nodding gracefully toward the ocean. Reefs upon which waves broke into spray, and inner lagoons, lovely beyond description. I wish I could tell you about the sweating jungle, the full moon rising behind the volcanoes, and the waiting. The waiting. The timeless, repetitive waiting.