Quotes of: Promised-land Keyword

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

John Ruskin

The next summer, 1794, corn grew dear, and distress began in our land.

Joanna Southcott

Misery and poverty of a nation does not depend on how fertile their land is but the fertility of their thoughts.

Debasish Mridha

I dream of a land of peace where everyone can live in harmony.

Debasish Mridha

Land, in England, is valuable, because we have highly-paid artisans to consume the produce on the spot.

Joseph Hume

The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.

John Jakes

The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims anywhere to abide by the law of the land.

Feisal Abdul Rauf

There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.'

John Henrik Clarke

They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.

Sitting Bull

Batman: [about Cloud Cukoo Land] I hate this place.

The Lego Movie

Lycon: [to John Anderton] In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Minority Report

[a grenade lands at his feet] Dwight: And everything seemed to be going so well.

Sin City

When it comes to portfolios, my personal advice is for anyone who can, put money into forestry or farmland. Long term, you would probably never come near their returns in the stock market. In the world that I see, land is golden.

Jeremy Grantham

I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches.

Sergei Bubka

A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon.

Nancy Gibbs

I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.

Marcus du Sautoy

Governments at all levels and the whole society should act more vigorously to protect the land our lives depend on.

Li Keqiang

If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me and come?

Yunus Emre

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

Miranda Lambert

Landing on 'Morning Joe' wasn't a fluke. I was a poli sci major in college. I interned at the CBS political unit, covered conventions.

Willie Geist

It's hard not to be excited when you're going to find a way to land on the moon.

Alan Bean