Prairie Quotes

85 Prairie quotes by 74 unique authors

There was something about the prairie for me—it wasn’t where I had come from, but when I moved there it just took me in and… — Pam Houston
Participation in the dance was entirely voluntary, a mental vow to worship the Mystery in this manner being expressed by a man ardently desiring the… — Edward S. Curtis
Men and women, inspired by faith in man's dignity, goaded by conviction in man's responsibility, labored that this land might be a better home for… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Don't ask me about emotions in the Welsh dressing room. I'm someone who cries when he watches Little House on the Prairie. — Unknown Author
The junior Senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatred of uninformed and credulous people that he has… — J. William Fulbright
Larry Schwarm's photographs of fire on the prairie are so compelling that I cannot imagine any later photographer trying to do better. His pictures convince… — Robert Adams
Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky… — Francis Parkman
With no other choices open to us, we'd turned our gaze seaward. The oceans were our America: they reached farther than any prairie, untamed as… — Carsten Jensen
Write about winter in the summer. Describe Norway as Ibsen did, from a desk in Italy; describe Dublin as James Joyce did, from a desk… — Annie Dillard
I'm not a preacher, and I'm certainly not a good example, but I have my own feelings about God. I'm kind of a nature guy.… — Neil Young
My grandmother was born in 1900, and she would regale me with tales I call 'Little House on the Prairie' tales, but they were tales… — David Alan Grier
The rising cost of prescription drugs has sparked a prairie fire that is spreading across our nation. — Tim Pawlenty
A duck's nest was found today near the trail on the dry open prairie with as far as could be seen no water or marsh… — George Mercer Dawson
It was always a fantasy of mine growing up - my favorite program was always 'Little House on the Prairie' - so I always wanted… — Chloe Sevigny
As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie. — Ellsworth Huntington
If a man is rich and strong anywhere, it must be on his native soil. Here I have been these forty years learning the language… — Henry David Thoreau
Ghostly legends dot the Prairie State from its big cities to its small towns. These stories make each community unique in a way that no… — Jeff Belanger
The legendary tumbleweed is really a nurse crop that protects the growth of prairie grasses under its shade, and then sacrifices itself and blows away. — Antoine Predock
[C]lass consciousness is not one of our national diseases; we suffer, indeed, from its opposite-the delusion that class barriers are not real. That delusion reveals… — H. L. Mencken
Community, then, is an indispensable term in any discussion of the connection between people and land. A healthy community is a form that includes all… — Wendell Berry
The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to, like, 'Little House… — Verne Troyer
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting… — George Catlin
Casper Wyo., population 18,000 when I was born, was large enough to hold the surprises of civilization, but small enough that the prairie was close… — Lynne Cheney
First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and… — Bill Kurtis
Lo! body and soul!--this land! Mighty Manhattan, with spires, and The sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships; The varied and ample land,--the South And… — Walt Whitman

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