Busy Quote by Peter Buffett

Suddenly, in the early 20th century, there were thousands of men with essentially nothing to do. The farm work, as well as other work,…

— Peter Buffett

The agricultural revolution transformed the earth and changed the fate of humanity. It produced an entirely new mode of subsistence, which remains the foundation…

— Robyn Davidson

As a society, we devalued farming as an occupation and encouraged the best students to leave the farm for 'better' jobs in the city.…

— Michael Pollan

The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities,…

— Edward Abbey

“True, hundreds of millions may nevertheless go on believing in Islam, Christianity or Hinduism. But numbers alone don’t count for much in history. History…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Although per capita income doubled during the half-century, not all sectors of society shared equally in this abundance. While both rich and poor enjoyed…

— James M. McPherson

Even before the agricultural revolution began in the Fertile Crescent about 10,000 years ago, humans had learned how to work with new technology. Those…

— G. Harry Stine

Agriculture probably required a far greater discipline than did any form of food collecting. Seeds had to be planted at certain seasons, some protection…

— Charles Heiser

“If it once became general, wealth would confer no distraction. It was possible no doubt to imagine a society in the sense of personal…

— George Orwell

“The Industrial Revolution was the culmination of the rise of Western civilization that began in Greece twenty-seven centuries ago. It was the product of…

— Rodney Stark

Eventually, humans invented agriculture, which could be understood as a way of turning the natural world into a tool for our use. There's evidence…

— Annalee Newitz

If you understand it from an ecological or sustainability perspective, agriculture is the primary way we meet most of our needs, and it's the…

— David Holmgren