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Places Quotes by Wendell Berry
- To be well used, creatures and places must be used sympathetically, just as they must be known sympathetically to be well known...The "animal scientist" to…
- The reason to preserve wilderness is that we need it. We need wilderness of all kinds, large and small, public and private. Wee need to…
- We enter solitude, in which also we lose loneliness. True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One’s inner…
- At home the great delight is to see the clover and grass now growing on places that were bare when we came. These small healings…
- True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One's inner voices become audible... In consequence, one responds more clearly…
- History leaves no doubt that among of the most regrettable crimes committed by human beings have been committed by those human beings who thought of…
- To me, an economy that sees the life of a community or a place as expendable, and reckons its value only in terms of money,…
- But in fact as knowledge expands globally it is being lost locally. This is the paramount truth of the modern history of rural places everywhere…
- There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.
- If we are looking for insurance against want and oppression, we will find it only in our neighbors' prosperity and goodwill and, beyond that, in…
- There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it…
More Places Quotes
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places. — John Ashbery
- Getting to places like Bangkok or Singapore was a hell of a sweat. But when you got there it was the back… — David Attenborough
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to… — David Attenborough
- We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences, and I'm… — Jensen Ackles
- There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we… — Richard Bach
- Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go. — Michelle Bachelet
- In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some countries they… — Michelle Bachelet
- I have advice for people - period - who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will get you to where… — Erykah Badu
- Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. — Ansel Adams