Parks Quotes

• The establishment of the National Park Service is justified by considerations of good administration, of the value of natural beauty as a National asset, and of the effectiveness of outdoor life and recreation in the production of good citizenship.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Effectiveness, National Parks, Administration

  Theodore Roosevelt (2010). “The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places”, p.300, Cambria Press

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• The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an experience in conservation education for the young people of the country; they can enrich our literary and artistic consciousness; they can help create social values; contribute to our civic consciousness; remind us of our debt to the land of our fathers.

  Stewart Udall

  Country, Father, Opportunity

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• The interminable forests should become graceful parks, for use and delight.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Use, Delight, Forests

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1848). “Essays, Orations and Lectures”

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• The National Park Service today exemplifies one of the highest traditions of public service.

  Stewart Udall

  National Parks, Today, Tradition

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• National parks and reserves are an integral aspect of intelligent use of natural resources. It is the course of wisdom to set aside an ample portion of our natural resources as national parks and reserves, thus ensuring that future generations may know the majesty of the earth as we know it today.

  John F. Kennedy

  Intelligent, Generations, National Parks

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• We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.

  Walt Disney

  Family, Children, Fun

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• Welcome...to Jurassic Park!

  Michael Crichton

  Jurassic Park, Welcome

  Kristin Kiser, Michael Crichton, David Koepp (1993). “Jurassic Park: Raptor attack”, Price Stern Sloan

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• The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness.

  Robert Smithson

  Artist, National Parks, Nostalgia

  Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996). “Robert Smithson, the Collected Writings”, p.155, Univ of California Press

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• Disneyland really began when my two daughters were very young. Saturday was always Daddy's Day and I would take them to the merry-go-round, and sit on a bench eating peanuts while they rode. And sitting there alone, I felt there should be something built, some kind of family park where parents and children could have fun together.

  Walt Disney

  Daughter, Children, Fun

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• Maybe Park had paralyzed her with his ninja magic, his Vulcan handhold, and now he was going to eat her. That would be awesome.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Magic, Would Be, Ninja

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.67, St. Martin's Griffin

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• I don't think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow. Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we've already been. They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.

  Bob Goff

  School, College, Thinking

  Bob Goff (2012). “Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World”, p.207, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Indeed." Will let his cutlery clatter onto his plate. "The Consul? Breaking up our breakfast time? Whatever next? The Inquisitor over for tea? Picnics with the Silent Brothers?" "Duck pies in the park," said Jem under his breath, and he and Will smiled at each other, just a flash, before the door opened and the Consul swept it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Ducks, Pie

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• I don’t like you, Park. Sometimes I think I live for you

  Rainbow Rowell

  Love, Thinking, Sometimes

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• Nothing was dirty. With Park. Nothing could be shameful. Because Park was the sun, and that was the only way Eleanor could think to explain it.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Dirty, Thinking, Way

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.227, St. Martin's Griffin

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• I was just thinking of bunding up Cecily and feeding her to the ducks in Hyde Park," said Will, pushing his wet hair back and favoring Jem with a rare smile.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Hair, Ducks

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• Until this moment, she’d kept Park in a place in her head that she thought Richie couldn't get to. Completely separate from this house and everything that happened here. (It was a pretty awesome place. Like the only part of her head fit for praying.)

  Rainbow Rowell

  House, Praying, Fit

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Eleanor & Park”, p.67, Macmillan

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• Whenever he looks at me with those big brown eyes, I feel like giving him a nut,” she said. She even started calling the squirrels running around in the park Mr. Whitmans.

  Kerstin Gier

  Running, Eye, Squirrels

  Kerstin Gier (2011). “Ruby Red”, p.10, Macmillan

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• so, when I spotted a cougar stretched out on a thick pine tree branch near the park gates, I wasn't surprised. I can't say the same for the women clinging to the branch above the cat. she was the one screaming. The cougar-a ragged-ear old top I clled Marv-just stared at her, like he couldn't believe anyone would be dumb to climb a tree to escape a cat.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Believe, Cat, Tree

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• He asked <...> Rosemary, why do you love books so much? And I said, Well, I don't know <...> I suppose I love them because they're quiet, and I can take them to the park.

  Robin Sloan

  Book, Rosemary, Quiet

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• If you don't want people to look at you, Park had thought at the time, don't wear fishing lures in your hair. Her jewelry box must look like a junk drawer.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Hair, Fishing, People

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell YA Collection”, p.30, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Normal and I parted ways when Pateir1ch strolled into my life. Patch has seven inches on me, operates on cold, hard logic, moves like smoke, and lives alone in a supersecret, superswanky studio beneath Delphic Amusement Park. The sound of his voice, low and sexy, can melt my heart in three seconds flat. He’s also a fallen angel, kicked out of heaven for his flexibility when it comes to following rules. I personally believe Patch scared the pants off normal, and it took off running for the far side of the world.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Running, Sexy, Moving

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• That’s what a skinwalker is: a mean asshole with a meaner spirit squatting inside.” "I’ve run into some of those at the dog park," Oberon said. "They’re usually attached to Chihuahuas.

  Kevin Hearne

  Running, Dog, Mean

  Kevin Hearne (2012). “Tricked: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book Four”, p.72, Del Rey

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• This is new to us, you know? Your mother's sorry. She's sorry that she hurt your feelings, and she wants you to invite your girlfriend over for dinner." "So that she can make her feel bad and weird?" "Well she is kind of weird, isn't she?" Park didn't have the energy to be angry. He sighed and let his head fall back on the chair. His dad kept talking. "Isn't that why you like her?

  Rainbow Rowell

  Mother, Girlfriend, Hurt

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• Based on the experience of my life, which I have not exactly hit out of the park, I tend to agree with that thing about, If it's not broke, don't fix it. And would go even further to: Even if it is broke, leave it alone, you'll probably make it worse.

  George Saunders

  Broke, Agree, Ifs

  George Saunders (2013). “Tenth of December”, p.207, A&C Black

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• Then I lost him for a brief period of time, and by the time I caught up with him, he had wandered into Hyde Park, waded into the Serpetine, spread his arms wide, and was shouting, 'Ducks, embrace me as your king!

  Cassandra Clare

  Kings, Ducks, Arms

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Princess”, p.588, Simon and Schuster

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