If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain? Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes crop farmer picnic
The thought you have now shapes your experience of the next moment. Practice shaping the moment. Tom Barrett experiencemomentpractice Change image and share on social
With the increased cost of gasoline, it doesn't appear that we're going to see a slowing of interest in mass transit. I think it's going to continue to grow. Tom Barrett continuecostgasoline Change image and share on social
As mayor of Milwaukee, I've had many developers come and many businesses come and have asked for financial assistance from the city, and my questions have always been: how many jobs are we talking about and are these family-supporting jobs. Tom Barrett askassistancebusiness share on social
The majority of small-holder farmers in Africa are women and, in urban areas, you're primarily looking at women-led households. So we can't solve hunger if we don't have gender-sensitive programming that addresses access to opportunities for women, whether it's through education or tools for cooking, like solar-powered stoves. Ertharin Cousin accessaddressafrica share on social
There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations. Charles E. Wilson aftermathbackwardcase share on social
In 1975 Australia was producing things like Picnic at Hanging Rock, in other words films that I would consider still some of the finest products to come out of Australia. I think that our quality now is less than it was then. Ann Macbeth australiafilmfine share on social