Sunset Song Ploughing Quotes & Sayings

Nobody - myself included - believes that we could ever achieve total information awareness. But the government needs to set goals and long-range objectives. Total information awareness is a good goal. — John Poindexter

People were always asking for good sound proofs; doubt springs eternal in the human breast, even in countries where the Inquisition can read your very thoughts in your eyes. — Thornton Wilder

Despite its growing scarcity and preciousness to life, ironically, water is also man's most misgoverned, inefficiently allocated and profligately wasted natural resource. — Steven Solomon

We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America. — Howard Schultz

I guess what inspires me is when I am watching somebody else do something that really has an impact on me. That inspires me to want to do that in return. — Emily Kokal

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow - and if it does not do so it is bad art and false morals. — Kenneth Clark

You are looking at this wrong. You think I hold my territory by the might of my fist. But that's not it. I hold my territory by consent of the governed. I think it is a very American concept, which might be why you never looked for it."
- Adam Hauptman, Columbia Basin Pack Alpha, to Iacopo (Jacob) Bonarata, Lord of the Night (master vampire of Milan) — Patricia Briggs

Like that's the only reason anyone would ever buy a first-aid kit? Don't take this the wrong way, Professor McGonagall, but what sort of crazy children are you used to dealing with?"
"Gryffindors," spat Professor McGonagall, the word carrying a freight of bitterness and despair that fell like an eternal curse on all youthful heroism and high spirits. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South. — Big Sean

My house is solar powered. I tell Republicans, 'You can hate the subsidies - I hate the subsidies, too - but you can't hate solar panels.' — Thomas Massie

A man can force himself to hate if he wishes, especially if he convinces himself that it is for a higher good." "The oppression of the few brings salvation to the many?" Omin asked, a slight smile on his face, as if he found the concept ridiculous. "You'd best not mock, Arelene," Hrathen warned. "You have few options, and we both know the least painful one will require — Brandon Sanderson