Land Grant Colleges

Famous quotes containing the words land, grant and/or colleges:

“That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)

“Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that.... Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

“The present century has not dealt kindly with the farmer. His legends are all but obsolete, and his beliefs have been pared away by the professors at colleges of agriculture. Even the farm- bred bards who twang guitars before radio microphones prefer “I’m Headin’ for the Last Roundup” to “Turkey in the Straw” or “Father Put the Cows Away.””
—For the State of Kansas, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)