Contemptuous Quote by Ian Frazier

The High Plains, the beginning of the desert West, often act as a crucible for those who inhabit them.

— Kathleen Norris

Death and worse happened on the plains.

— Larry McMurtry

I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.

— Anthony Trollope

“In Conclusion, let us inquire what has been and what is to be the Meaning of the Great Plains in American Life”

— Anonymous

As with many Southern Writers, I believe that the special quality of the land itself indelibly shapes the people who dwell upon it.

— Willie Morris

Plains deceive you; they cause you to think that life is easy! Mountains never deceive you; they teach you the realties! Go to the…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Even in our understanding of surviving on the Great Plains, they would cover this enormous amount of ground. I imagine these people's base skill…

— Steven Rinella

Wilderness is not so much a place, but a feeling about one.

— Roderick Nash

We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, and winding streams with tangled growth as wild. Earth was beautiful…

— Luther Standing Bear

It's one of our favorite American myths that broad plains necessarily make broad minds, and high mountains make high purpose.

— Sinclair Lewis

The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.

— Havelock Ellis

No one lives on the top of the mountain. It's fine to go there occasionally -for inspiration, for new perspectives. But you have to…

— Arthur Gordon Webster