Dirt Quotes · Page 12

I may not yet be as old as dirt, but dirt and I are starting to have an awful lot in common.

— Stephen R. Donaldson

“Children were huge, wild creatures full of promise and hope and dirt and mischief.”

— Nalini Singh

Water, fire, air and dirt. Fucking magnets, how do they work?

— Insane Clown Posse

When the militias came to Wau, they would blast out 'Thriller' as they moved down the dirt streets.

— Alek Wek

Gold can gild a rotten stick, and dirt sully an ingot.

— Philip Sidney

The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass... Wet grass is slippery

— Greg Maddux

Gardening gloves are for sissies. I always have dirt under my nails.

— Hilarie Burton

“Don't put your all into someone if they treat you like dirt.”

— Anonymous

I don't want to be one of those players that is just a first, second or third down player. I want to…

— Justin Cole

[On writing to Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple:] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the…

— Whoopi Goldberg

“He'd dust the dirt off with his fingers, wash it in his mouth so it came lean off his tongue like a…

— Dawn Tripp

Celebrity is a pretty stunning thing. At first I was like 'They love me! Oh, I love them, too.' And suddenly, I…

— Sharon Stone

A thing can be too pretty and perfect, so if you kick some dirt on it, then it feels like you wore…

— Samuel Ervin Beam

What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the…

— Nathan Myhrvold

Democracy is born in dirt, nourished by the digging up and turning over as much of it as can be brought within…

— Lewis H. Lapham

You develop millionaires the way you mine gold. You expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but…

— Andrew Carnegie

If church prelates, past or present, had even an inkling of physiology they'd realize that what they term this inner ugliness creates…

— Sean O'Casey

Seeking those elusive individuals is like mining for rare gems. It will take hard work, patience, and a persistent attitude. To find…

— Chris Murray

I got makeup tests and hair tests for 'Versailles,' and the main thing they were obsessed with was that my hands were…

— George Blagden

I was dirt-poor. I could barely hold down a job. Eventually, though, I started getting small parts on shows like 'Smallville,' 'Supernatural'...…

— Cory Monteith

The way I see it, the difference between farmers and suburbanites is the difference in the way we feel about dirt. To…

— Anonymous

The difference of the English and Irish character is nowhere more plainly discerned than in their respective kitchens. With the former, this…

— Anthony Trollope

Being a celebrity stylist, there are many tricks of the trade that I use in my house and with my clients. The…

— Brad Goreski

Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love…

— Alan Beck

Apparently, dirt eating is really a 'real thing,' and you can actually buy it in some stores and online.

— Cynthia Bailey

Ego is even worse than dirt and filth because it attacks others.

— Nirmala Srivastava

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten have the inclination

— William Hazlitt

Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.

— John Muir

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.

— William Hazlitt

What is the power of life? With all the ungraceful dirt, nonsense, you remain graceful.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

“Walter Kugler was on the ground, his blond hair peppered with dirt.”

— Markus Zusak

She's got a body under that shirt, but all she wants to do is rub my face in the dirt.

— Genesis

Rule of religion: purpose breathes even in dirt and stones.

— Mason Cooley

I grew up in Gladstone, Alabama, on a dirt road, with an outside bathroom.

— Mathew Knowles

“No dirt can touch me, like an ocean, everything that comes to me becomes clean.”

— Debasish Mridha

I'm very proud of my area around the plate. I don't want anyone messing with my dirt.

— Jorge Posada

“These old houses are only brick and wood, soaked in human sweat, grained with human dirt.”

— Virginia Woolf

If you want to make something dirt cheap, make it out of dirt–preferably dirt that is locally sourced.

— Donald Sadoway

You create a pile of dirt and then drive over it. We may have to learn to drive all over again.

— Steven Squyres