Desert Quotations | Page 5

It will be a long wait before U.S. farmers can produce energy more cheaply than the Saudis can pull crude oil out of the desert. Pulling it out of the desert is cheaper than trying to grow energy through corn.

I love the Desert Survivors, because this group goes to all those places other people just drive past. And I've grown to love the desert because of all its wide-open spaces. They provide me with a true sense of peacefulness and freedom.

I looked at the races and was tempted to send both. But I thought there were too many off-the-pace horses in the Gold Cup, the same style as Choctaw. I didn't see any dead speed types in there. Someone will sit close to Desert Boom, but maybe there's a little better chance to steal the race. And I really didn't want to ship Choctaw and then ship again to the Breeders' Cup; that was a big factor.

We're pleased with the acquisition of Desert Fire. This acquisition demonstrates our ongoing commitment to purchase successful companies that fit our lines of business in vibrant markets.

Why do I live in the desert? Because the desert is the *locus Dei*.

What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.

Saving the world was merely a hobby. My *vocation* has been that of inspector of desert water holes.

The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.

Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.

If mankind were to resolve to agree in no institution of government, until every part of it had been adjusted to the most exact standard of perfection, society would soon become a general scene of anarchy, and the world a desert.