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title: "Best Wasteland Quotes"
description: "Browse 83 Wasteland quotes by 75 authors. Discover the best Wasteland sayings and thoughts."
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> [Paul Brunton was surely one of the finest mystical flowers to grow on the wasteland of our secular civilization. What he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-feuerstein/paul-brunton-was-surely-one-of-the-finest-mystical-flowers-to-grow-on/)

[Georg Feuerstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-feuerstein/)

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> [Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/both-abundance-and-lack-exist-simultaneously-in-our-lives-as-parallel/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

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> [“With so much trauma and drama in everyday life, the beauty of peace and solitude beckons like an oasis in a barren…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-v-glim/with-so-much-trauma-and-drama-in-everyday-life-the-beauty-of-peace/)

Jo Ann V. Glim

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> [Stage work, that's all I have in my background. Wasteland was my first TV experience. Dawson's was my first long-term, I mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-alexander/stage-work-that-s-all-i-have-in-my-background-wasteland-was-my-first/)

[Sasha Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sasha-alexander/)

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> [The notion of evil for its own sake strikes me as boring -- all these Dark Lords intent on creating wastelands packed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/the-notion-of-evil-for-its-own-sake-strikes-me-as-boring-all-these/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

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> [What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-do-you-do-there-moon-in-the-sky-tell-me-what-you-do-silent-moon/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/when-we-choose-not-to-focus-on-what-is-missing-from-our-lives-but-are/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

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> [When you go for a walk, take seeds with you, poppies, rainbow chard, rocket. Plant them among the weeds in patches of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hodgkinson/when-you-go-for-a-walk-take-seeds-with-you-poppies-rainbow-chard/)

[Tom Hodgkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hodgkinson/)

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> [Knowledge is awareness, and to it are many paths, not all of them paved with logic. But sometimes one is guided through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-l-amour/knowledge-is-awareness-and-to-it-are-many-paths-not-all-of-them-paved/)

[Louis L'Amour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-l-amour/)

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> [One tragic example of the loss of forests and then water is found in Ethiopia. The amount of its forested land has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-gore/one-tragic-example-of-the-loss-of-forests-and-then-water-is-found-in/)

[Al Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-gore/)

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> [At my core, there is nothing. Neither is it parched wastelands. At my core, there is love. I'll go on loving that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/at-my-core-there-is-nothing-neither-is-it-parched-wastelands-at-my/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-davis/as-it-happens-i-have-personally-been-something-of-an-enthusiast-for/)

[Evan Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-davis/)

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> [The theme of the Grail is the bringing of life into what is known as 'the wasteland.' The wasteland is the preliminary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/the-theme-of-the-grail-is-the-bringing-of-life-into-what-is-known-as/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

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> [“The imagination can be a kind of wilderness, too, in fact a wasteland, if you allow it to take you into one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/the-imagination-can-be-a-kind-of-wilderness-too-in-fact-a-wasteland/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

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> [I must oppose any attempt that Negroes may make to do to others what has been done to them. . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-baldwin/i-must-oppose-any-attempt-that-negroes-may-make-to-do-to-others-what/)

[James A. Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-baldwin/)

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> [A wasteland is a confrontation to a man of stature: an empty place, a gauntlet thrown down in challenge and defiance. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-wright/a-wasteland-is-a-confrontation-to-a-man-of-stature-an-empty-place-a/)

[John C. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-wright/)

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> [What's really going on here is, this is a media shift. It's comparable to what happened in the 1950s and the birth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/what-s-really-going-on-here-is-this-is-a-media-shift-it-s-comparable/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

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> [“Silence. It flashed from the woodwork and the walls; it smote him with an awful, total power, as if generated by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/silence-it-flashed-from-the-woodwork-and-the-walls-it-smote-him-with/)

[Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/)

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> [“You said, "I will go to another land, I will go to another sea. Another city will be found, better than this.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/you-said-i-will-go-to-another-land-i-will-go-to-another-sea-another/)

[C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/)

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> [“You’ll get used to it,” he says. “In any case, I find it interesting that you think of this as the past.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malka-ann-older/you-ll-get-used-to-it-he-says-in-any-case-i-find-it-interesting-that/)

[Malka Ann Older](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malka-ann-older/)

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> [The power of growth, of improvement, the power to overcome all stagnation and break through every obstacle and transform a barren wasteland…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisaku-ikeda/the-power-of-growth-of-improvement-the-power-to-overcome-all/)

[Daisaku Ikeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisaku-ikeda/)

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> [The 'futures' and 'careers' for which American students now prepare are for the most part intellectual and moral wastelands. This chrome-plated consumers'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-savio/the-futures-and-careers-for-which-american-students-now-prepare-are/)

[Mario Savio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-savio/)

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> [The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/the-rules-of-the-hunger-games-are-simple-in-punishment-for-the/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

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> [They say no land remains to be discovered, no continent is left unexplored. But the whole world is out there, waiting, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-ann-sandell/they-say-no-land-remains-to-be-discovered-no-continent-is-left/)

[Lisa Ann Sandell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-ann-sandell/)

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> [“The curtain rises on a vast primitive wasteland, not unlike certain parts of New jersey.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/the-curtain-rises-on-a-vast-primitive-wasteland-not-unlike-certain/)

[Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-allen/)

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> [Paris must either not fall into the hands of the enemy or the enemy must find it only a wasteland.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/paris-must-either-not-fall-into-the-hands-of-the-enemy-or-the-enemy/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

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> [Frederick Buechner can find grace and redemption even in the shoddiest, phoniest aspects of a cultural wasteland. One reads Lion Country...with hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/frederick-buechner-can-find-grace-and-redemption-even-in-the/)

[Louis Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-auchincloss/)

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> [Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-hargreaves/without-optimism-self-belief-among-teachers-classrooms-become/)

[Andy Hargreaves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-hargreaves/)

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> [Life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from the richness of life itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-goleman/life-without-passion-would-be-a-dull-wasteland-of-neutrality-cut-off/)

[Daniel Goleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-goleman/)

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> [“I am familiar with the phrase, ‘needle in a haystack’ and I think I understand its meaning more than I wish to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasteland-david-sadler/i-am-familiar-with-the-phrase-needle-in-a-haystack-and-i-think-i/)

Wasteland David Sadler

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> [A victory? What have we won? We've won a rock in the middle of a wasteland, on the shores of a poisoned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-o-toole/a-victory-what-have-we-won-we-ve-won-a-rock-in-the-middle-of-a/)

[Peter O'Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-o-toole/)

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> [Many times I've called for Marius, but there was no answer. Just the endless procession of days, months, years... My teacher left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-townsend/many-times-i-ve-called-for-marius-but-there-was-no-answer-just-the/)

[Stuart Townsend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-townsend/)

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> [I invite you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/newton-n-minow/i-invite-you-to-sit-down-in-front-of-your-television-set-when-your/)

[Newton N. Minow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/newton-n-minow/)

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> [The content defines the platform, so whereas when I was working at ABC from '66 to '76, people said it was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-blodget/the-content-defines-the-platform-so-whereas-when-i-was-working-at-abc/)

[Henry Blodget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-blodget/)

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> [There's more to me, more to the universe, than I suspected. Room for all the dreams I ever had, and all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/there-s-more-to-me-more-to-the-universe-than-i-suspected-room-for-all/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

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> [Big? Sure. But, he can't catch mice! So for your big tree. No use? Then plant it in the wasteland - in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/big-sure-but-he-can-t-catch-mice-so-for-your-big-tree-no-use-then/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

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> [The mind left to itself creates monstrosities, and not only in art galleries. Look at our urban landscapes and industrial wastelands. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-mind-left-to-itself-creates-monstrosities-and-not-only-in-art/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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> [People think that Detroit is this barren wasteland. While there are parts that are not as nice as others, the misconception is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-yeun/people-think-that-detroit-is-this-barren-wasteland-while-there-are/)

[Steven Yeun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-yeun/)

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> [“It seemed sadistic, this last wasteland of days. It was as if Conchis, with Alison’s connivance, proceeded by some outmoded Victorian dietetic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/it-seemed-sadistic-this-last-wasteland-of-days-it-was-as-if-conchis/)

[John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/)

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> [Tossed into the Secaucus graveyard are about 25 centuries of classical culture and the standards of style, elegance and grandeur that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-louise-huxtable/tossed-into-the-secaucus-graveyard-are-about-25-centuries-of/)

[Ada Louise Huxtable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-louise-huxtable/)

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