Geography of Greenland/environment

Famous quotes containing the words geography of, geography, greenland and/or environment:

“The California fever is not likely to take us off.... There is neither romance nor glory in digging for gold after the manner of the pictures in the geography of diamond washing in Brazil.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

“Ktaadn, near which we were to pass the next day, is said to mean “Highest Land.” So much geography is there in their names.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“I was the toast of two continents: Greenland and Australia.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)

“White males are the most responsible for the destruction of human life and environment on the planet today.”
—Robin Morgan (b. 1941)