#ranch

The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and at the same time encouraged the production of side branches at those parts of the stem where they were most desired. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#cases #checked #desired #encouraged #flow

Both of these branches of evolutionary science, are, in my opinion, in the closest causal connection; this arises from the reciprocal action of the laws of heredity and adaptation. ↗

— Ernst Haeckel

#adaptation #arises #both #branches #causal

Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

#experiments #millennium #political #politics #rather

Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality of life and economic viability. When natural disasters strike, we must do all we can to assist the backbone of our economy. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

#backbone #contend #disasters #economic #economy

Well, I can do certain jobs because smells don't bother me. But that means I'm usually the one at the ranch cleaning up all the manure. ↗

— Bill Pullman

#bother #certain #cleaning #i #i can

Where I live in Oklahoma, it's all ranchers. My friends are all cowboys and pretty rough guys. If I had a hot tub back there, I may as well have Richard Simmons come over and live with me. ↗

— Blake Shelton

#come #cowboys #friends #guys #had

I think games are starting to branch out. It's not just guys sitting at their computer stations. Games are so fun, that everybody gets into them a little bit. ↗

— Christian Slater

#branch #computer #everybody #fun #games

The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government. ↗

— Todd Akin

#branch #court #courts #general #government

A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested. ↗

— Edmund Barton

#exercise #extension #franchise #great #invested

Respecting other people's cultures is well and good, but I draw the line at where some branches of Islam, what they do to women. It's indefensible. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#cultures #draw #good #i #indefensible