Soil Loss Equation

Famous quotes containing the words soil, loss and/or equation:

“Most subject is the fattest soil to weeds.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“This loss of interest, hair, and enterprise ...”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“A nation fights well in proportion to the amount of men and materials it has. And the other equation is that the individual soldier in that army is a more effective soldier the poorer his standard of living has been in the past.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)