Prairie Dog Colonies

Famous quotes containing the words prairie dog, prairie, dog and/or colonies:

“To the cry of “follow Mormons and prairie dogs and find good land,” Civil War veterans flocked into Nebraska, joining a vast stampede of unemployed workers, tenant farmers, and European immigrants.”
—For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“If a dog jumps into your lap it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing it is because your lap is warmer.”
—Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)

“What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)