Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER: | 542 |
AUTHOR: | Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (18911967) |
QUOTATION: | You could cover the whole world with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to Patricia Blake, author of the book review, obtained this quotation from the late Max Hayward, who may have gotten it directly from Ehrenburg. |
SUBJECTS: | Environment |