Quote by Rik Mayall Download Open image ““Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after John?”” — Rik Mayall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The average farmer worked harder than the average forager, and got a worse diet in return. The Agricultural Revolution was history’s biggest fraud.2” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his fingertips. No man had touched the seed, or lusted for the growth. Men ate what they had not raised, had no connection with the bread. The land bore under iron, and under iron gradually died;… — John Steinbeck Copy Share
Saying you must rotate three crops a year, a certain percentage of your land must be set aside, and some of the other proposals,… — Sandra E. Peterson Copy Share Image
...think of agriculture as something the grasses did to people to conquer the trees. — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“essence of the Agricultural Revolution: the ability to keep more people alive under worse conditions.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Worldwide, wheat covers about 2.25 million square kilometres of the globe’s surface, almost ten times the size of Britain. How did this grass turn… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“less in danger of starvation and disease. The Agricultural Revolution certainly enlarged the sum total of food at the disposal of humankind, but the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“How this peculiar grass, native to Central America and unknown to the Old World before 1492, came to colonize so much of our land… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma. — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
When I left the army and took up farming, the wheat crop would be over your head and yet we wouldn't have enough. — Amarinder Singh Copy Share Image
“scholars agree that agriculture sprang up in other parts of the world not by the action of Middle Eastern farmers exporting their revolution but… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Biological evidence indicates that man, evolving with his food plants, developed horticulture and agriculture in both hemispheres at a time which may well have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the… — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
When I was young, I saw some of my heroes doing it on the telly. We're talking about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Arthur Lowe,… — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
Bring me another bad one, and I shall protect my British people - I brought down Thatcher to protect my people, and I'm bringing… — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
I have always tended toward extremism: I'm Motorhead rather than REO Speedwagon. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
On stage you can group 200 people together and scare them or embarrass them or whatever. You can't do that on TV. You have… — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing… — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
I was in a coma for five days - I was dead longer than Jesus before he was raised from the dead. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
