David F. Houston quote: "The most effective step that may be taken to increase the production of these crops is to enlarge the acreage devoted to them in the regions where they are grown habitually."

What this loss means will be appreciated from the statement that one bushel of wheat contains suffic...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

The ease with which barley may be substituted directly for wheat in human food and its usefulness to...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop.
DAVID F. HOUSTON

The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be over...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

Buckwheat may be planted later than any similar crop, and often does well on old meadows or waste la...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact.
DAVID F. HOUSTON

The value of the beans for oil production, as well as for human food, has become recognized so quick...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

The soy-bean, in particular, has proved sufficiently resistant to cold in spring and to adverse weat...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

The usefulness of cow-peas and soy-beans as human food has been recognized only recently in this cou...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

The older, thinner, and less productive grass lands, however, frequently can be made to produce much...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 19...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundan...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

Corn is the leading food and feed crop of the United States in geographic range of production, acrea...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

Rice at present prices provides more food for the money than most of the other cereals.
DAVID F. HOUSTON

In the southern half of the country perhaps no crop has larger possibilities for quick increase of p...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

By the immediate preservation of eggs for home consumption through the use of water glass or lime wa...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

The duty of the individual farmer, at this time, is to increase his production, particularly of food...
DAVID F. HOUSTON

There has been a joint agreement that the best method of prosecuting the case is in the juvenile sys...
DAVID HOUSTON

It's a good excuse for a bike ride.
DAVID HOUSTON

This is just surreal. I can't believe it.
DAVID HOUSTON

I read his books back in high school and through college. I just always thought he was a fascinating...
DAVID HOUSTON

This survey is a clear message to the citizens of California that our out-of-control legal system is...
DAVID HOUSTON

We are investigating the circumstances under which the statements were made.
DAVID HOUSTON

The 9th Circuit agreed with us that this case never should have gone to the jury.
DAVID HOUSTON

This is out of character. He's a good guy.
DAVID HOUSTON

It's gonna go. It can definitely run. It shouldn't drive across country. But certainly it should be ...
DAVID HOUSTON

We don't want to feel helpless, so we use fear, anger, addiction, or unbridled sexuality to block ou...
DAVID F. ALLEN

Humility has nothing to do with depreciating ourselves and our gifts in ways we know to be untrue. E...
DAVID F. WELLS

The most important thing in life is knowing the most important things in life.
DAVID F. JAKIELO

What is to be gained if we are so intent in reaching out to the unchurched that we then unchurch the...
DAVID F. WELLS

The modern West has been deeply split about freedom and responsibility. On the one hand, it has cham...
DAVID F. FORD

..every time scientists try to observe the quantum world they disturb it. And because at least one q...
F. DAVID PEAT

In our postmodern culture which is TV dominated, image sensitive, and morally vacuous, personality i...
DAVID F. WELLS

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live unde...
SAM HOUSTON

Diversified interests must exist in every community, and that system which is best calculated to pro...
SAM HOUSTON

Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a ...
SAM HOUSTON

The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and...
SAM HOUSTON

We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by ...
SAM HOUSTON

Union can achieve everything when sustained by gallant hearts and correct principles, while anarchy ...
SAM HOUSTON

Nothing can conduce more to the order and stability of a government than the simplicity of the laws,...
SAM HOUSTON

I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much afte...
SAM HOUSTON

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant ...
SAM HOUSTON

All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in fa...
SAM HOUSTON

There would be no difficulty in securing the rights of the people and the liberties of Texas if men ...
SAM HOUSTON

In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. ...
SAM HOUSTON

Brandy is the great cause of destruction for the aborigines of America.
SAM HOUSTON

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the...
SAM HOUSTON

We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the conquest and must conquer or perish. I...
SAM HOUSTON

I did everything I possibly could to get back and finish my career the way I would have liked to. My...
ALLAN HOUSTON

At the same time I don't want to be disruptive either, ... I want to make sure I'm doing whatever I ...
ALLAN HOUSTON

I feel a little bit of pain here and there,
ALLAN HOUSTON

I think there's trust [between the two men], ... I tried to be honest. I think everyone knows I have...
ALLAN HOUSTON

I'm not going to retire, ... I believe in my heart that I'm going to be back. It would be nice to pl...
ALLAN HOUSTON

[It] was always my dream to finish here.
ALLAN HOUSTON

Like Steph said, you almost feel guilty because there are people 10 hours from us that have lost eve...
ALLAN HOUSTON

You see something like this, driving around in your car, walking around in your house, like Steph sa...
ALLAN HOUSTON

[Fellow Knick Allan Houston also attended.] When you see something like this and drive around in you...
ALLAN HOUSTON

What I will say is the retirement thing is something I've been laughing at, you should be laughing a...
ALLAN HOUSTON

I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

We all have the extraordinary coded within us... waiting to be released.
JEAN HOUSTON

Our senses are indeed our doors and windows on this world, in a very real sense the key to the unloc...
JEAN HOUSTON

When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay.
LIBBY HOUSTON

I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging fro...
JEAN HOUSTON

I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can w...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

If you have a dream, you can spend a lifetime studying, planning, and getting ready for it. What you...
DREW HOUSTON

Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.
SAM HOUSTON

Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon t...
SAM HOUSTON

Seven years ago, my father and I realized that our relationship was extremely unique, especially in ...
ALLAN HOUSTON

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fe...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and ...
DREW HOUSTON

We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us ...
SAM HOUSTON

There's this joy that comes from sitting down to solve a problem and standing up when it's d...
DREW HOUSTON

You're not going to become a great manager overnight. You're not going to become a great pub...
DREW HOUSTON

Dropbox is useful to anyone with a phone. That's, like, two billion people.
DREW HOUSTON

Our users are trapeze artists, high school football coaches - I got cornered by a couple of theoreti...
DREW HOUSTON

With something like Dropbox, it was immediately like, 'Wow, this is literally something that any...
DREW HOUSTON

People do not choose Dropbox because it has this much space or gigabytes. They choose it for the exp...
DREW HOUSTON

Dropbox is my life.
DREW HOUSTON

People make basic assumptions based on what they have now. But you have to ask yourself, 'Is thi...
DREW HOUSTON

You think about who needs Dropbox, and it's just about anybody with a pulse.
DREW HOUSTON

Devices are getting smarter - your television, your car - and that means more data spread around. Th...
DREW HOUSTON

Where you live matters. Whatever you're doing, there's usually only one place where the top ...
DREW HOUSTON

A lot of really great, innovative things have happened when people just didn't know it wasn'...
DREW HOUSTON

No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that.
DREW HOUSTON

You only have to be right once.
DREW HOUSTON

If you start your own thing, you can learn a lot really fast from doing things wrong.
DREW HOUSTON

When you're in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the ...
DREW HOUSTON

What scares me the most is that both the poker bot and Dropbox started out as distractions. That lit...
DREW HOUSTON

To the casual observer, the Dropbox demo video looked like a normal product demonstration, but we pu...
DREW HOUSTON

One misconception is that entrepreneurs love risk. Actually, we all want things to go as we expect. ...
DREW HOUSTON

If you're going to go to the moon, you don't shoot the rocket right at the moon. You have to...
DREW HOUSTON

When I think about it, the happiest and most successful people I know don't just love what they ...
DREW HOUSTON

Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book abou...
DREW HOUSTON

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did a...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

God has been my number one inspiration. I also look up to Will Smith and Jamie Fox who are also pers...
MARQUES HOUSTON

It's hard now to imagine that kind of travel and the daily tasks they simply took for granted. I...
JAMES HOUSTON

She would have to average just about what she's averaging now, and do it through the state champions...
ANTHONY HOUSTON

I think the thing that hurt us was the third quarter. We allowed them to get too many second-chance ...
ANTHONY HOUSTON

She started off the season playing much more aggressive because she felt like she had to. She just g...
ANTHONY HOUSTON

In that third quarter, they were able to get some rebounds on the offensive end that helped them get...
ANTHONY HOUSTON

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand ...
SAM HOUSTON

I am making myself less frequent in the Lady World than I have been. I must keep up my dignity, or r...
SAM HOUSTON

Texas, with her superior natural advantages, must become a point of attraction, and the policy of es...
SAM HOUSTON

For Texas, a wise and prudent administration in the commencement of her national existence will be u...
SAM HOUSTON

One of the great things about moving to Silicon Valley is that you're surrounded by all these pe...
DREW HOUSTON

You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can't fool yourself. At ni...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all th...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. ...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I'm not crazy about arenas just because I can sell them out. It doesn't do anything for my e...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essen...
SAM HOUSTON

Texas, to be respected, must be polite. Santa Anna, living, can be of incalculable benefit to Texas;...
SAM HOUSTON

... what kind of life do we live if we let fear break us down? The truth is there will be tough time...
CHRISTENE HOUSTON

Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder...
JAMES HOUSTON

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.
JEAN HOUSTON

We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released.
JEAN HOUSTON

Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.
DIANNE HOUSTON

The base emotions Plato banned have left a radio-active and not radiant land.
LIBBY HOUSTON

Anything that interferes with individual progress ultimately will retard group progress.
GEORGE HOUSTON

There are 30,000 days in your life. When I was 24, I realized I'm almost 9,000 days down. There ...
DREW HOUSTON

I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a ...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Whether his policy was right or wrong, he built up the glory of the nation.
SAM HOUSTON

It is a matter of great satisfaction to me to hope that my children will be in circumstances to rece...
SAM HOUSTON

A manufacture of bologna sausage accused a man whom he had discharged of spreading a report that the...
SAM HOUSTON

To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you go to war with the Un...
SAM HOUSTON

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essen...
SAM HOUSTON

I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression, which endangered peace or ...
SAM HOUSTON

Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon ...
SAM HOUSTON

If we are to merge our national existence in that of the United States É then it seems to me that w...
SAM HOUSTON

They almost had to take his leg off. That infection took a while to heel.
SAM HOUSTON

Every day is a new experience for us right now, but at least we've got a place to stay. You've just ...
SAM HOUSTON

The office market will continue to improve rapidly due to the continued strong employment in Austin....
SAM HOUSTON

This feeling has been impressed my heart by the instruction and example of the great man [Andrew Jac...
SAM HOUSTON

It was this moment that the victim was tied and bound. He could live in that moment for years.
SAM HOUSTON

They allow you to hopefully enrich your program a little bit,
SAM HOUSTON

He's just a sophomore, and that's a tough situation with the game on the line and all that. But I wa...
SAM HOUSTON

We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. I...
SAM HOUSTON

I beseech those whose piety will permit them reverently to petition, that they will pray for this un...
SAM HOUSTON

Texas, to be respected must be polite. Santa Anna living, can be of incalculable benefit to Texas; S...
SAM HOUSTON

I preferred measuring deer tracks, to tape-that I liked the wild liberty of the Red men better then ...
SAM HOUSTON

He's got himself an extremely tainted asset - this is by no means over,
OLIVER HOUSTON

I?m not sure on Baker.
HOUSTON NUTT

I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Growing businesses are always looking for an advantage to help propel them above the crowded field o...
DANIEL HOUSTON

This is Connecticut basketball. After suffering the embarrassment of the North Carolina game, it cam...
CHARDE HOUSTON

In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too lon...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I guess, ... that sums it all up.
ALLAN HOUSTON

The offensive line — we're a year older, ... You've got a supporting cast that's a year older. Tha...
HOUSTON NUTT

Tax time is a great time to take any refund you receive and invest in your future either by opening ...
DAN HOUSTON

I know that I could really kill for my daughter. I know because I'm living for her, so I'm fierce wh...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

We've had two good days. Now we'll come back with pads on Thursday and keep it going.
HOUSTON NUTT

I told him that I didn't want to come here and I gave him a bogus excuse. I don't remember what the ...
CHARDE HOUSTON

Mix, stir and add a pinch of love is the perfect recipe for family.
PAM HOUSTON

Being around people like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack. . . had a...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I've got a good man. He takes care of me. I don't have to be scared of anything because I know he wi...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I don't like it when they [media critics] see me as this little person who doesn't know what to do w...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Most definitely, it's good to have a reminder before you play a team that will actually beat you by ...
CHARDE HOUSTON

Through practice you'll learn to identify the wrong 'un which should be heaved back over his syrup. ...
JAMES HOUSTON

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather t...
JAMES HOUSTON

When they eventually ran out of food, some but not all resorted to eating the flesh of those who'd d...
JAMES HOUSTON

There have been a number of firms in the 50,000- to 100,000-square-foot range that are seeking offic...
SAM HOUSTON

She has two national championships under her belt. She has to be like that.
CHARDE HOUSTON

In order for one to succeed, one must first master the art of failure.
CEDRICK HOUSTON

A lot of our guys were kinda shell-shocked after the first few plays, seeing their speed, and the sp...
HOUSTON NUTT

We'll basically be unstoppable inside. If she misses, I'll get the rebound. If I miss, she'll get th...
SHARON HOUSTON

The irony is that while most of us are optimistic about our futures, the reality is clear that accid...
DAN HOUSTON

She's the best player in SCISAA. And that's not arguably or any of that nonsense. But we just didn't...
ANTHONY HOUSTON

We got in foul trouble and had to put in some subs we wouldn't have played that early. That possibly...
ANTHONY HOUSTON

It got us out of our rotation and affected what we wanted to do. It was almost like trying to put a ...
ANTHONY HOUSTON

She averages more points against those public schools than she does against SCISA. And we're not tal...
ANTHONY HOUSTON

I started off quite steadily, but made a slight mistake on the seventh, ... I got a huge break on th...
GARRY HOUSTON

I don't think it's realistic to judge it off of training camp, honestly. Once we get back and we're ...
ALLAN HOUSTON

(Jones) felt like a lot of times he had to be Superman ... because he was the only returning starter...
HOUSTON NUTT

I'm older, I'm matured... I'm looking forward to the years to come. Good years.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

It's pretty much been a male market but a lot of women really like riding motorcycles so we've creat...
DAN HOUSTON

It's pretty much been a mens' market, but a lot of ladies really like riding motorcycles and I think...
DAN HOUSTON

We had a good, good rehearsal. We didn't go very long, but it has been a good spring. We wanted to m...
HOUSTON NUTT

In Central Florida, by today's standards, that means a centralized courtyard with controlled access ...
ERIC HOUSTON

We don't want to put a band-aid on our problems that we keep talking about in society; we want t...
ALLAN HOUSTON

Woody and Paul are the premier guys,
JIM HOUSTON

I was aware of people staring at me. No one moved. They seemed almost in trance. I just stared at th...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

He's one of our strongest and fastest guys. He's having a great spring.
HOUSTON NUTT

We appreciate Jermaine Taylor coming to speak to our team. I thought he really came from the heart w...
HOUSTON NUTT

Going at this intensity is new, so I'm going to have to just continue to adjust.
ALLAN HOUSTON

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?
WHITNEY HOUSTON

We were so fundamental that almost everything had been stripped away from the place of worship. Thin...
JAMES HOUSTON

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow if I fail, if I succeed at least I did as I beli...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

In medieval India, the Hindu Vaishnava system of bhakti-yoga (devotional yoga) developed highly soph...
SIOBHAN HOUSTON

Bianca didn't really need any help out there; she was beating us by herself.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

checked him out when he wasn't even looking.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I Am a Bird Now.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

My Love Is Your Love,
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Contrary to belief, I do the hitting, he doesn't. He has never put his hands on me. He is not a woma...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

If she was a friend of mine and she ever asked me for advice -- which is hard to imagine -- I'd say,...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Who were the guys who helped Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly and Ernie Green do what they did?
JIM HOUSTON

The most effective step that may be taken to increase the production of these crops is to enlarge the acreage devoted to them in the regions where they are grown habitually.

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