Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches. — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
Our fish, our recreation, our irrigation and all our uses of the Missouri River are threatened if the drought continues and the… — Mike Rounds Copy Share Image
Of all the works of civilization that interfere with the natural water distribution system, irrigation has been by far the most pervasive… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
Globally, the highest number of irrigation projects are in India, and within the country, the highest number is in Maharashtra. — Sharad Pawar Copy Share Image
In a record time of five-and-a-half months, we completed the prestigious Pattiseema irrigation project, linking two major rivers in the state. — N. Chandrababu Naidu Copy Share Image
Agriculture looks different today - our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet. — Debbie Stabenow Copy Share Image
Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality… — Jim Costa Copy Share Image
All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
“Are you interested in irrigation? . . . Of course you are, if you are a western man. . . . Irrigation… — Ednah Aiken Copy Share Image
Equally important is the lack of cultivable land for farmers, a profound problem when you take into account that Afghanistan has always… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I cannot help but think it perilous to suffer these lands or the sources of their irrigation to fall into the hands… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
Egypt is the largest wheat importer in the world. In some part, this is due to irrigation issues and inhospitable climes. Egypt's… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
We take for granted the slow miracle whereby water in the irrigation of a vineyard becomes wine. It is only when Christ… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
It takes 1,000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain. As water becomes scarce and countries are forced to divert… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Rising oil prices have focused the world's attention on the depletion of oil reserves. But the depletion of underground water resources from… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health ... what have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My sense is that the most under-appreciated-and perhaps most under-researched-linkages between forests and food security are the roles that forest-based ecosystem services… — Frances Ford Seymour Copy Share Image
“The availability of irrigation systems to water the land and produce grain and other food crops was the material foundation for these… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
Here's Iraq, where irrigation was invented, where law was invented, where writing was invented. All these things that we consider necessities of… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
Knowledge has always been important, of course. The ancient Egyptians did not raise the stones for the pyramids relying on the incantations… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
To suggest that organic vegetables, which cost far more than conventional produce, can feed billions of people in parts of the world… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
Surrounded by a burgeoning human population, Asian elephants have to contend with the spread of settlements and farming, and the demands of… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Just as irrigation is the lifeblood of the Southwest, lifeblood is the soup of cannibals. — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called rain. — Mike McAlary Copy Share Image
On the day he had colonic irrigation: 'I feel I lost my virginity that day in so many ways.' — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
“Plant your tiny seeds and keep watering them every day. Soon, they’ll grow.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The man who has grit enough to bring about the afforestation or the irrigation of a country is not less worthy of… — J. Arthur Thomson Copy Share Image
My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on… — Imtiaz Ali Copy Share Image
With irrigation channels and rivers running dry and municipal water storage dams reaching record lows, California's politicians are getting desperate for solutions… — Marc Levine Copy Share Image
The emphasis of my government is to take advantage from the Chinese experience in the fields of agriculture, fisheries, energy, infrastructure, development,… — Asif Ali Zardari Copy Share Image
If a drought strikes them, animals perish--man builds irrigation canals; if a flood strikes them, animals perish--man builds dams; if a carnivorous… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Too many people talk about the weather, and not enough people talk about agriculture. When somebody says to me, "Beautiful weather we're… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
