The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow -… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
I had wanted to be a fish farmer, to be honest with you. I wanted to be an agriculturist. I wanted to… — Dustin Clare Copy Share Image
Stripped of its plot, the 'Iliad' is a scattering of names and biographies of ordinary soldiers: men who trip over their shields,… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
Twelve thousand years ago, everybody on earth was a hunter-gatherer; now almost all of us are farmers or else are fed by… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
John Adams was a farmer, Abraham Lincoln a small town lawyer. Plato and Socrates were teachers. Jesus was a carpenter. To equate… — Mark Sheppard Copy Share Image
An environmentalist can oppose factory farming because it's reckless stewardship. A conservative can oppose factory farming because it is destructive to small… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest,… — Miguel Indurain Copy Share Image
I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The "developed" nations had given to the "free market" the status of a god, and were sacrificing to it their farmers, farmlands,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer. — Moby Copy Share Image
Most cooks try to learn by making dishes. Doesn't mean you can cook. It means you can make that dish. When you… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving. — Mike Connolly Copy Share Image
Haitian rice farmers are quite efficient, but they can't compete with U.S. agribusiness that relies on a huge government subsidy, thanks to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Why writers write I do not know. As well ask why a hen lays an egg or why a cow stands patiently… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I respected it. I submerged myself into it. So on a lot of days off I would go and fish with the… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share Image
Revolution cleanses men, improving them as the experimental farmer corrects the defects of his plants. — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
A farmer once told me one of the greatest luxuries of his life was to wake up early only to go back… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
The hated system of land tenure, so contributory to general unrest in Asia, has been abolished. Every farmer is now accorded the… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
The president says, 'There is lots of people worse off than the Farmers.' I don't know who it could be unless it… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
America's ranchers and farmers produce the highest-quality products in the world. — Max Baucus Copy Share Image
I woke up in a barnyard when I heard a farmer shout. Get away, boy, from my daughter, then a shot gun… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is… — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
People like me start organizing conferences and editing journals, even become tenured professors talking about Empire of the Senseless with a bunch… — Davis Schneiderman Copy Share Image
