Desert Quotes

963 Desert quotes by 707 unique authors

If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you… — Anne Lamott
I like the desert for short periods of time, from inside a car, with the windows rolled up, and the doors locked. I prefer beach… — Anne Lamott
This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought. — T.E. Lawrence
Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had… — T.E. Lawrence
Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For years we lived anyhow with one another in the naked… — T.E. Lawrence
It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack, but from the fear of it: such a base as… — T.E. Lawrence
I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama. — Ang Lee
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. — C.S. Lewis
Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect,… — C.S. Lewis
Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of many skies and earths beneath us - many days, many… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The most frightening pages of history are those which reveal how easily conditions making a desert of the human spirit may come into existence, with… — Haniel Long
Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest. — James Lovelock
The tropical rain forests are a telling example. Once cut down, they rarely recover. Rainfall drops, deserts spread, the climate warms. — James Lovelock
I've been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on a desert island,… — John Lydon
I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to… — Naguib Mahfouz
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. — Ella Maillart
I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I… — Nelson Mandela
Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to… — Golda Meir
I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If… — Viggo Mortensen
They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood. — Gamal Abdel Nasser
Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism,… — Richard M. Nixon
We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an archeological expedition,… — Peter O'Toole
Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light. — Joyce Carol Oates
From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when called,… — Solomon Ortiz
I would love to go to Iran. The island of Madagascar, everyone says is pretty exotic, or the wonderful Namibian desert. — Michael Palin

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