Famous quotes containing the words lake, provincial and/or park:
“This is my lake country.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The dead level of provincial existence.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“Is a park any better than a coal mine? What’s a mountain got that a slag pile hasn’t? What would you rather have in your garden—an almond tree or an oil well?”
—Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944)