Acres Quotes

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Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground. — Alexander Pope
When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when… — Jeremy Rifkin
With the recent news that the State of Florida has agreed to purchase 181,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land, we have an historic opportunity for… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz
It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where… — Al Sharpton
I go on a hunting safari at least once a year to Botswana, which is fantastic because we have a huge area of wilderness entirely… — Wilbur Smith
Herbert, my father, was born in Britain but went out to Africa in his teens to join his father and built up an 18,000-acre ranch… — Wilbur Smith
We live on a 500-acre ranch, beautiful ranch. — Tanya Tucker
But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our… — Robert Ardrey
If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it 'cause he feels awful poor inside hisself, and… — John Steinbeck
Have you reckonâ€™d a thousand acres much? have you reckonâ€™d the earth much? Have you practisâ€™d so long to learn to read? Have you felt… — Walt Whitman
One thought alone preoccupies the submerged mind of Empire: how not to end, how not to die, how to prolong its era. By day it… — J M Coetzee
Every time we burn a gallon of gas or an acre of rain forest, aren't we killing the future to preserve the present? — Chuck Palahniuk
I hear voices. A shout. A laugh. Clay's laugh. I strained to see through the night. Fog had rolled in from Lake Ontario, but I… — Kelley Armstrong
We live in our own souls as in an unmapped region, a few acres of which we have cleared for our habitation; while of the… — Edith Wharton
One of these poems I wrote after having been here only a month. The other, I wrote this morning. In the space between the two… — Elizabeth Gilbert
It was a huge zoo, spread over numberless acres, big enough to require a train to explore it, though it seemed to get smaler as… — Yann Martel
Nicholas wanted to believe in fairy tales. She'd read her share, hoping for miracles, but in the end, there was no hundred acre wood to… — Christine Feehan
It was a quiet way - He asked if I was his - I made no answer of the tongue But answer of the eyes… — Emily Dickinson
Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It was an actual Christmas tree farm. We had, like, 15 acres. It was really fun as a kid. I also spent my summers at… — Taylor Swift

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