Mining Quotes

97 quotes by 91 authors

The influence of geographic factors diminishes as technology grows. The character and contour of a terrain may offer opportunities for agriculture, mining, or trade, but… — Ariel Durant
The fate of the soil system depends on society's willingness to intervene in the market place, and to forego some of the short-term benefits that… — Eugene Odum
Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If i had to pay money to do it, I would do itIt's problematical.… — William Friedkin
Expect URZ stock to perform well as mining begins at Nichols Ranch. — David Talbot
He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother… — Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn
One cannot help asking sadly, why is love of gold more potent than love of souls? The number of men mining and prospecting for gold… — Lottie Moon
Where I lived, it was a cold mining place, a village called Dunston. The only time you saw a Rolls-Royce was when somebody died. — Brian Johnson
This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had communication with for… — Mark Twain
Though they control scores of industrial, commercial, mining and tourist corporations, not one bears the name Rothschild. Being private partnerships, the family houses never need… — Frederic Morton
Advertising isnt just the disruption of aesthetics, the insults to your intelligence and the interruption of your train of thought. At every company that sells… — Jan Koum
Writing is like mining for gold hidden in the hillsides of your mind. — David Baboulene
Women need the education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households, as much or more than anybody else...And it's… — John McCain
I didn't write because in the corps I took mining engineering of all things and, you know, they, they graduate a mining engineer as a… — Rube Goldberg
The modern spectacle of vanished forests and eroded lands, wasted petroleum and ruthless mining, national debts recklessly increased until they are repudiated, and continual revision… — Russell Kirk
Because the public lands belong to all Americans, this 1872 Mining Act should be repealed... — Richard M. Nixon
Rigel, Betelgeuse, and Orion. There was no finer church, no finer choir, than the stars speaking in silence to the many consumptives silently condemned, a… — Mark Helprin
There's a lot of money to be made by strip-mining and drilling the dirtiest oil on the planet. But why should the rest of us… — Robert Redford
My familiarity with the successful use of very long steel ropes for mining purposes naturally suggested their adaptation to the new purpose of deep sea… — Alexander Agassiz
I'm lucky to have a job doing something I really love to do, and I'm happy to accept the pressures of relentless deadlines or reader… — Grant Morrison
Ten years ago I was not heavily involved in the film world but on reflection it was a boom time with the mineral boom happening,… — Ann Macbeth

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