America Quote by John D. Rockefeller Download Open image “The major fortunes in America have been made in land.” — John D. Rockefeller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare America America land Estates Fortune Has beens Investing in real estate Land Made Majors Property Real estate investing Real estate motivational Real property Wealth
Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Everything in US history is about the land—who oversaw and cultivated it, fished its waters, maintained its wildlife; who invaded and stole it; how… — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
The American idea is as promising, imaginative, and full of the unexpected as the land itself. The land represents freedom - the frontier, the… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
America is not a land of money but of wealth-not a land of rich people, but of successful workers. — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
... in the present State of America, our welfare and prosperity depend upon the cultivation of our lands and turning the produce of them… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To an American, land is solidity, goodness, and hope. American history is about land. — William Least Heat-Moon Copy Share Image
I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“In preindustrial times, according to one study, inequality in landed property was greater in the Appalachian backcountry than anywhere else in America,” — John Alexander Williams Copy Share Image
Everyone wants a piece of land. It's the only sure investment. It can never depreciate like a car or a washing machine. Land will… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it. — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Probably the greatest single obstacle to the progress and happiness of the American people lies in the willingness of so many men to invest… — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything. — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
“The secret to success is to do the common things uncommonly well.” — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession. — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance--do not sacrifice that to anything else. — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds… — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of… — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ. — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes] — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image