California Quote by John Muir

The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted.…

— John Muir

From time to time the continent shifts, and everything that isn't fastened down slides into Southern California.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

All the wild world is beautiful, and it matters but little where we go, to highlands or lowlands, woods or plains, on the sea…

— John Muir

“Down through the middle of the Valley flows the crystal Merced, River of Mercy, peacefully quiet, reflecting lilies and trees and the onlooking rocks;…

— John Muir

Africans are on the front lines of humanitarian efforts, distributing life-saving aid in dangerous environments. Africans comprise the vast majority of peacekeepers in civil…

— John Prendergast

I think Africa is the most interesting continent on the planet. You look at a country like Egypt, and you look at a country…

— Malcolm Brogdon

Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger…

— Jeff Goodell

I represent a great continent. People ask, Is there pressure on me? I don't feel pressure at all. It's an unbelievable challenge for me,…

— Masai Ujiri

Africa is a continent that provides so much for the existence of the rest of the world. We go around the world and cultivate…

— Djimon Hounsou

I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Africa is not a country, but it is a continent like none other. It has that which is elegantly vast or awfully little.

— Douglas Wilder

“What does Africa — what does the West stand for? Is not our own interior white on the chart? black though it may prove,…

— Henry David Thoreau