Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 542 |
| AUTHOR: | Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (1891–1967) |
| 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 |