Dirt Quotes · Page 16

Just taking a piece of dirt and envisioning the building you'd like to put on it - it's an amazing process.

— The Undertaker

“around which pigs and barefoot children grunted in loving communion of dirt.”

— Charles Kingsley

“Learn from seeds; they don’t die when you throw dirt at them; they grow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A pessimist doesn't see the sunset outside, he sees the dirt on the window.

— Jim Rohn

My parents can't always travel with me because my little brother is a world champion on dirt bikes.

— Hailie Deegan

When midlist writers are treated like dirt, I would desist were I less stubborn and less committed.

— Marge Piercy

From the dirt to the diamond, I promise you all of me.

— Anonymous

“Before you look for dirt in people, look for treasure.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt, not that fancy store-bought dirt... I can't compete with that stuff.

— Matt Groening

The genuine values in America arose from rational thought and breaking with tradition, not from blind allegiance to dirt and cloth.

— Stefan Molyneux

Don't go a full day or night without washing your face. You have to get all the dirt and makeup out of…

— Mary J. Blige

I cant recall the last time someone asked me how I was Last I check I was a freaking wreck I called…

— You Me And Six

“Dirt!" she shouted, no longer able to contain her ire. "Of all the gifts I could have received, I am left with…

— Kristen Callihan

“You wouldn't have to wash," said Brian, whose parents forced him to wash a great deal more than he thought could possibly…

— Neil Gaiman

“You know what turns dirt into diamonds?" "Pressure. Weight. Heat..." "The geological equivalent of torture.”

— Laura Argiri

I feel that I am entitled to trample all other considerations into the dirt in my pursuit of a satisfying pun.

— Neal Stephenson

Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I…

— Yoko Ono

“Find yourself a place in the universe,' she said, 'a place where the dirt feels like goodness under your feet. Take the…

— Pam Houston

What was incredible about the Maldives was that the entire island we were on consisted of sand. There didn't seem to be…

— KT Tunstall

Granny beads are what they're called when a grandma works the garden all day - you always see them - they have…

— Randy Houser

I sing of a woman with ink on her hands and pictures hidden beneath her hair. I sing of a dog with…

— Carolyn Parkhurst

when the sky is as grey as this - impeccably grey, a denial, really of the very concept of colour - and…

— Martin Amis

He pivoted, gaze following me as I crossed to the shower and turned on the cold water, so it would drown out…

— Kelley Armstrong

Ulysses ... is a dogged attempt to cover the universe with mud, an inverted Victorianism, an attempt to make crossness and dirt…

— E. M. Forster

“Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A new broom can sweep the floor, but an old broom knows where the dirt is.

— Paul Mooney

Music Row gets dragged through the dirt, but they're just trying to survive.

— Sturgill Simpson

“Every seed must rise through dirt to enjoy the sunshine.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“We ingest probiotics because we don’t eat enough “dirt” anymore.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“In becoming dirt, she has been turned to stone. To touch her is to feel a chill.”

— Victor Hugo

Dirt is not dirty, but only something in the wrong place.

— Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

“Turn eighteen, shoot grandma, crash the truck, storm the school and return to dirt.”

— Steven Magee

Don't be afraid to get your hands in the dirt. Buy gloves if you are squeamish about it.

— Anna Getty

They say'diamonds are a girls best friend who knew mine would be filled with dirt?

— Kane Arreo

Yeah I'm chillin' on a dirt road, laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones.

— Jason Aldean

“We all eat a handful of dirt before we die, who cares if it tastes like cherries?”

— Tom Siddell

“Rather than dirt, I’d rather push a wheelbarrow full of books. Dirty books.”

— Jarod Kintz

When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down.

— Elvis Costello

My mom knows what it's like to keep a dirt floor clean.

— Santiago "Jimmy" Mellado

“some vegetables are supposed to stay in the dirt and shouldn't be eaten at all.”

— Ember Casey