Famous Quotes & Sayings

Henry David Thoreau

The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild, and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World

Henry David Thoreau

In society, in the best institutions of men, it is easy to detect a certain precocity. When we should still be growing children, we are already little men. Give me a culture which imports much muck from the meadows, and deepens the soil,--not that which trusts to heating manures, and improved implements, and modes of culture only!

Henry David Thoreau

The voice of nature is always encouraging.

Henry David Thoreau

I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

Susan Rolontz

All those midriff-baring pieces have taken on a tacky nature. A slip is the new pristine version of sexiness.

Eric Hoffer

Nature attains perfection, but man never does.

Eric Berne

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

P. Herbert

Nothing is wasted, nothing is in vain: / The seas roll over but the rocks remain.

Kid Rock

I got into rock and roll to piss my parents off and the establishment around me.

Kid Rock

Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo.

Scott Ian

Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.

Larry Wilcox

Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in the water when the rock first impacts the pool, and it is those waves, that energy that one produces, that determines our direction.

Phil Donahue

I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.

Peter S. Beagle

The magician stood erect, menacing the attackers with demons, metamorphoses, paralyzing ailments, and secret judo holds. Molly picked up a rock.

Peter Noone

I'm spoiled - in all ways. I've been in a rock 'n' roll band since I was 13, and we had incredible success. When it ended, it had been so good that I just looked at it as time to try something different.

Peter Hook

We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group.