I've met very few professional land surveyors who regret their career path, and even fewer, who are out of work, even during economic slowdowns.

I was attracted to the direct connection with history that land surveyors experience in the form of plans, field notes, and from surveying monuments from decades or even centuries in the past.

A lot of people don't think much about what land surveyors do. In a nutshell, we are the interpreters and providers of landmarks and records that directly impact real property.

Legal land surveyors are few and far between and can find themselves in demand.

It's easy to be hard on ourselves, but the important thing is to turn a mistake into a learning experience.

Professional land surveyors take on a lot of responsibility, and should be compensated appropriately.

This is the worst thing about waiting for someone. You have to look good all the time because they could turn up at any minute and see you before you've seen them

Conversation can be a learning experience for everyone. I never hesitate to reach out when I'm in over my head, and I'll never hesitate to return the favor.

I'm lucky enough to split my time between the field and the office. Some land surveyors in larger outfits can work mostly from behind a desk, managing many field crews at once.

When I got my commission, other land surveyors told me to ask for advice from my peers when I was struggling with something.

In general, salary for land surveyors is often similar to that of a professional engineer or lawyer - surveyors are often "comfortable" but not "wealthy."

The stars are reflected from within the black water in the cistern. I find comfort in the omen I glean from this: light in the darkness, truth when it seems there is none.

The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.

Together, we'll live with the sadness. I'll love you with all the madness in my soul.

Every healthy man can do without food for two days — but without poetry, never!

To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.

Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.

The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas.

Our Business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct.

The sights I have just seen [at Buchenwald] are so unbelievable that I don't think I'll believe them myself until I've seen the photographs.

Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.