The enjoyment of the choicest natural scenes in the country and the means of recreation connected with them is thus a monopoly,… — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
The question is not whether to close the parks, but how to accomplish this goal. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
In an interesting inversion of status, the reigning breed in the dog park these days is the really-oddball-unidentifiable-mixed-breed-mutt-found-wandering-the-street or its equivalent. The… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I grew up in a mobile home, but it wasn't like white trash - it was a beautiful mobile home park, I… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
The action of Rosa Parks, the words and leadership of Dr. King inspired me. I was deeply inspired. I wanted to do… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Ownership by delegation is a contradiction in terms. When men say, for instance (by a false metaphor), that each member of the… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
You could hear the wind in the leaves, and on that wind traveled the screams of the kids on the playground in… — John Green Copy Share Image
“As Elizabeth Blackmar and Ray Rosenzweig wrote in their magisterial history of [Central Park in NYC]: 'The issue of demoncratic access to… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I don't want to go with the smooth skin and the calm brow. I hope I end up a blithering idiot cursing… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I'm enjoying the opportunity that 'Parks And Recreation' affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
When I'm by myself, I'm not threatening at all. I get many more invitations than I would if I were traveling with… — Rita Gelman Copy Share Image
'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish,… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
He asked Rosemary, why do you love books so much? And I said, Well, I don't know I suppose I love them… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
Occupy was not a movement, it was a tactic. You can't sit forever in a park near Wall Street. You can't do… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't want the public to see the world they live in while they're in the Park (Disneyland). I want to feel… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
That sounds really simplistic, but if I'm in an enclosed space, or my apartment, and I live very close to a park… — Ingrid Michaelson Copy Share Image
These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like they do in Europe. But we… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
I'm too short to host a late-night talk show. It's like the bar at an amusement-park ride. You have to be six… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I particularly like the bookshops at National Parks and battlefields; they often have very unusual and helpful things. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When I flew from Orlando to Los Angeles in 1960, I sat next to a guy from Disney who was paying 75¢… — Deacon Jones Copy Share Image
