If the land mechanism as a whole is good then every part is good, whether we understand it or not.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?

There can be no doubt that a society rooted in the soil is more stable than one rooted in pavements.

There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.

The first law of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

A giver's purse can never be paused.

I was a bullfighter. I'd like to see the tradition continue. I'm sorry that Catalonia is robbing itself of a tradition that belongs in Catalonia.

I always knew I wanted to act, but my parents neverencouraged me. If I was talentless, they didn't want me to be heartbroken.

I know that all things are possible through Jesus Christ.

You might be a redneck if your boat has not left the driveway in 15 years.

When you try to put everything into music, there's no room left to try to make you think we're cool. We know you think we're cool.

But I loved making Eat Pray Love, and I loved working with Julia Roberts.

My goal is just to become a better comedian.

I'm here, got no choice. But you, you should be telling people.

I woke with a start. At first I assumed I'd trumped myself awake again.