We must not risk defunding environmental conservation programs, which is why Congress should reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund to preserve our natural resources.
Suzan DelBene
WaterEnvironmentalWhyRiskLand
Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.'
Caroline Knapp
WalkMeFeelLandAlongDefensive
We should embrace our immigrant roots and recognize that newcomers to our land are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution.
Roger Mahony
RootsProblemSolutionEmbraceLand
There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam.
Eliza Cook
HomeHeartLandTieBreakMagical
Places like Hilton Head, with water adjacency and nice climates, are in high demand, and land values are insane. In the case of Hilton Head, which was developed in 1970 on what had been a mosquito- and alligator-infested swampy barrier island, land value has leaped from nearly zero to now unaffordable.
Susan Orlean
WaterValueValuesNiceIslandLand
One-liners that must land perfectly in just the right nanosecond can be terrifying.
Adina Porter
LandRightMustJustTerrifying
Australia's arid western region, from the town of Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean coast, is a beautiful, haunting, but largely empty land. Dominated by the harsh, almost uninhabited Great Sandy and Gibson deserts, the region is known only to Australian Aborigines, a handful of white settlers, and the few travelers who motor across it.
Robyn Davidson
BeautifulGreatOceanWhiteLand
As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.
Elton Gallegly
ControlDecisionsKnowLandOver
It's no sin to make a critical study of Brazil's reality. A small percentage own land. Most people don't.
Paulo Freire
PeopleSmallRealitySinLandStudy
In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
Efren Ramirez
ManKingBlindLandOne-Eyed
In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.
Rudolf Arnheim
ImmigrantsAlienLandSimplyArrival
American football seems to resemble soccer in that one scores by putting the ball through the opponent's goal; but football, truly is about land. The Settlers want to move the line of scrimmage Westward, the Native Americans want to move it East.
David Mamet
FootballAmericanSoccerGoalLand
Frankly, we should have an ARPA-O, an Advanced Research Projects Agency for oceans research, to match DARPA for defense and ARPA-E for energy. And we should have an Oceans and Coasts Fund to match the upland- and freshwater-directed Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Sheldon Whitehouse
WaterResearchEnergyLandDefense
I'm a writer obsessed with remembering: with remembering the past of America above all - and above all, that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to forgetfulness.
Eduardo Galeano
PastAmericaLandRememberingAbove
What I like about land is I can drive out and check on it. It doesn't go anywhere. It's hard to steal land.
Ross Perot, Jr.
DriveI CanGoLandHardOut
Whenever, then, the usual and ordinary rate of the profits of agricultural stock, and all the outgoings belonging to the cultivation of land, are together equal to the value of the whole produce, there can be no rent.
David Ricardo
TogetherValueBelongingLandRent
When you look at farmers and ranchers, for example, they are our first environmentalists. They are our first conservationists. When you look at the greatest asset that they have, it is their land. They care about the water that they drink. They care about the air that they breathe. We should see them as partners, not adversaries.
Scott Pruitt
WaterCareYouLookLandFarmers
If you want to see a bunch of happy Americans, go out to opening day at any baseball stadium in the land.
Ben Fountain
DayBaseballHappyYouWantLand
We do not fully understand the consequences of rising populations and increasing energy consumption on the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land and life.
Martin Rees
LifeWaterEnergyConsequencesLand
Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's land between the rising economies of Asia and market-driven North America.
David Cameron
AmericaChoiceWillLandFlexibility
To make it big, a fighter needs power. Otherwise, sooner or later, he'll fall victim to opponents who force the issue and take two or three punches to land one.
Thomas Hauser
PowerFallThreeFighterLandBig
All of the land of Israel is ours.
Yitzhak Shamir
LandIsraelOurs
Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food.
Michael Pollan
FoodEnergyFastWayFast FoodLand
We must again carry the burden of our people and shoulder our commitment to leading them to the promised land.
Cyril Ramaphosa
CommitmentPeopleBurdenLandCarry
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