I am always humbled by the infinite ingenuity of the Lord…

I assume my stance, and take back the club, low, slowly; at the top, my eyes fog over, and my joints dip and swirl…

— John Updike

My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a…

— Bob Feller

You need to have a home to go back to, whether it's a hotel room or a barn. It's only home when he's there.

— Genevieve Gorder

A lot of people approach their barn or horse like they are going to war, because it's been going badly. So you pick up…

— Cindy Meehl

Do I enjoy features? Yeah, I really do. Would I like to do some more features before I head to the barn? Yeah, probably.…

— Anonymous

Just because two of the people in this barn have decided to spend their lives together doesn't mean the rest of us are obligated…

— Sara Ryan

Were you raised in a barn? You don't just walk into someone's house." Ash laughed. "I have an open invitation to enter whenever I'm…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

The first slap-jack given me for dinner was a cake of flour, partially fried in a pan of fat bacon. I nibbled about the…

— James Smith

Far and away the most futile admonition Christ ever offered was when he said, 'Have no care for tomorrow. Don't worry about whether you're…

— Daniel Quinn

Farm country -- you know, hay, horses, cattle. It's the ideal situation for me. I like the physical endeavors that go with the farm…

— Sam Shepard

The principle factor in my success has been an absolute desire to draw constantly. I never decided to be an artist. Simply, I couldn't…

— Winsor McCay

We are to remember what an umpire Nature is; what a greatness, composure of depth and tolerance there is in her. You take wheat…

— Thomas Carlyle

Garages, barns and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.

— Leonard Cohen

When the cold comes to New England it arrives in sheets of sleet and ice. In December, the wind wraps itself around bare trees…

— Alice Hoffman

The harsh truth is, most red-haired men look like blondes who've spoiled from lack of refrigeration. They look like brown-haired men who've been composted…

— Tom Robbins