#plains

In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers. ↗

— Charles Lyell

#bordering #commonly #drift #graze #meet

Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#death #england #entails #explains #history

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#everything #explains #nothing #psychology #still

Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#each #even #explains #fear #flames

Men forget everything; women remember everything. That's why men need instant replay in sports. They've already forgotten what's happened. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#funny #funny

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#change #criticism #explains #interest #japan

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#ball #complains #dropped #likely #man

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#big #brush #building #choose #construction

In the plains the grass grows tall, since there is no one to cut it. There is no one to water it either. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#development #freedom #grass #grow #growing

I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. ↗

— Daniel Boone

#astonishing #beheld #below #commanding #delight