Soil Quotes

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

People in cities may forget the soil for as long as a hundred years, but Mother Nature's memory is long and she will not let them forget indefinitely.

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.

With improved analytical methods, we show that the abundance distribution and total diversity of soil-borne bacteria can be deciphered.

I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.

Illegal immigrants will destroy this country. Every time a Mexican flag is planted on American soil, it is a declaration of war.

[W]e who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with other Americans, can never consent to. . . be the bearers of the redress offered by that Society to that much afflicted.

Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.

[I kiss the soil] as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.

If someone wants to know more about the flavors, soil and vintage, you can go on. But I don't think people want to hear about nuances immediately. A grape doesn't matter; the flavor does.

[Bush can claim one triumph: We have suffered no further attack on U.S. soil since 9/11 (not counting the unsolved anthrax attacks later that fall). Casualties are far fewer, too, than in any other major war in U.S. history since the Revolution.] I do think there's been progress in some areas, ... In the last four years, for example, I think the world has become a tougher place for terrorists to operate in.

There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes.

All over the land are vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle, and it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people.

Optical sensors are an indirect assessment of soil fertility because it is using plants to give an indication of how well that soil is supporting the crop. There is also a wildcard in this technology with making recommendations and improving efficiency. And that's if there will be federal dollars available for growers to adopt it.

They are all hollow shells, and the soil goes right through. It's a process of sculpting the earth up. I'm trying to combine everything that I love in an unbridled way.

It's pretty and as it deteriorates, it'll make soft, fluffy soil.

We see it as a clear example of persecution extending from China to U.S. soil.

The drug dealers with the grow-ops in the area come to steal my soil. They want to destroy my trees and take my soil. They even sneak around the bushes. The city told me to keep doing what I'm doing.

When you encounter unstable soil, you usually get a bulldozer to cut down until you get to solid ground. No matter how far down we got, the soil was still unstable. We had to bring in two or three feet of fill to make the site stable.

No American soldier should be allowed to se t foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government.

Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; and so it is with man's mind.

I have never stated that 'there were no extermination camps on German soil.' This quote is false, I could never have said such a thing.

I think America is at a far greater risk of a nuclear weapon going off on its soil in anger today than it ever was during the Cold War. If we have nuclear peace for the next 60 years, I would be mildly surprised.

Eventually, the roots are going to exhaust a lot of nutrients on the soil. Just an all-purpose fertilizer is all you need to keep your plant healthy all summer long.

Disease is generally worse in the wettest area of the field, however, once the pathogen builds up in the soil, any part of the field can be affected.