Soil Quotes

837 Soil quotes by 607 unique authors

Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth… — Karl Marx
We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we… — Joyce Carol Oates
Except for naval and air exercises, our military should be stationed on American soil, where service men and women can lead normal lives in close… — Camille Paglia
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider… — Pope John Paul II
Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the… — Pope John Paul II
Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth. — Plautus
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture. — Quintilian
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of. — Charles Spurgeon
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows. — Ben Stein
We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to it's security… — Adlai E. Stevenson
Planting native species in our gardens and communities is increasingly important, because indigenous insects, birds and wildlife rely on them. Over thousands, and sometimes millions,… — David Suzuki
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no… — David Suzuki
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where… — Jonathan Swift
It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not. — Jonathan Swift
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree. — Rabindranath Tagore
I love Tennessee, but they don't have the pine trees and the sandy soil and the black water that I grew up around. — Josh Turner
There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes. — John Updike
The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil. — Simone Weil
If there is an art of living, it is not something that can be taught timelessly. We have lessons to learn from Aristotle et al,… — Julian Baggini
Sturdy gospel roots that go deep into rich spiritual soil strengthen and steady us in times of trial and difficulty. — David A. Bednar
The essential fact which emerges ... is that the three smallest and most active reservoirs ( of carbon in the global carbon cycle), the atmosphere,… — Freeman Dyson
When the sense of the earth unites with the sense of one's body, one becomes earth of the earth, a plant among plants, an animal… — Dag Hammarskjold
Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones. — Jeffrey McDaniel

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