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 Copy Share Image
Celebrity is a pretty stunning thing. At first I was like 'They love me! Oh, I love them, too.' And suddenly, I… — Sharon Stone Copy Share Image
You develop millionaires the way you mine gold. You expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Spring is the usual period for house-cleaning and removing the dust and dirt which, notwithstanding all precautions, will accumulate during the winter… — Isabella Beeton Copy Share Image
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed… — Alfred Austin Copy Share Image
I saw a sign on the side of the road in Tennessee once that said 'dirt for sale'... what a great country… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project (Muscle Shoals Dam) nor contribute a pound of material,… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I couldn't sell pills no more [because my] homie went to jail. I was just dirt broke. I went to TDE and… — Schoolboy Q Copy Share Image
I loved being on the other side of the camera and interacting with the crew. When you are an actor, you have… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
People are curious. A few people are. ... They will put things together, knowing all along that they may be mistaken. You… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, phone calls were a premium commodity; only the very coolest kids had a phone line of their… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
My worst Christmas ever was in 1987 when Santa brought me and my sister a dose of chicken-pox. And my worst present… — Sophia Di Martino Copy Share Image
Women are dirt searchers; their greatest worth is irradicating rings on collars and tables. Never mind real-estate boards' corruption and racism, here's… — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
I do not like the Broadway theatre because it does not know how to say hello. The tone of voice is false,… — Julian Beck Copy Share Image
“I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love If you want me again look for me under… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“The fields are black and ploughed, and they lie like a great fan before us, with their furrows gathered in some hand… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I'll take care of my mother," he said grimly. "I love her, but she doesn't run my life." "Yeah, that's what we… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish Marta were more loyal to me. Like the other day. The car parked next to ours had a real… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
What if there is no dirt on Merjack? Oh, I can answer this one. (Omari raised his hand like he was in… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
My parents had a gardener when I was growing up, and he and I would dig in the dirt together - my… — Howard Graham Buffett Copy Share Image
I was playing golf. I swung, missed the ball, and got a big chunk of dirt. I swung again, missed the ball,… — Henny Youngman Copy Share Image
Robots already perform many functions, from making cars to defusing bombs - or, more menacingly, firing missiles. Children and adults play with… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Schwarzenegger said last night on the show he expects his opponents to throw all kinds of dirt at him. And you know,… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I would like to think I am a little bit of a man's man and a ladies' man. I suppose, I'm a… — Dan Bilzerian Copy Share Image
The warrior who had gone out from the lake to save his people by slaying the evil one was now just a… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
I came to realize that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If things are tough, remember that every flower had to go through a whole lot of dirt to get there. So do… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
An ordinary man will work every day for a year at shoveling dirt to support his body, or a family of bodies;… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I come home that morning, after I been fired, and stood outside my house with my new work shoes on. The shoes… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
In effective literature, ideas emerge from matter, not the other way around. So I squeeze the dirt for all it's worth and… — Suhayl Saadi Copy Share Image
“A diamond ain't a thing in the world but a piece of dirt that got awful hot. And God-a-Mighty picked up a… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
We say we are earthlings, not waterlings. Our blood is closer to seawater than our bones to soil, but thats no matter.… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
That isn’t about money, fame, or power. It’s about will, dedication, commitment, and knowing your self-worth. You can be poor as dirt… — Jennifer Hudson Copy Share Image
Do you think I haven't noticed? You can't wait to be free of me. I drink and then you bolt up, as… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
You know what comes next, of course. You know I'm writing this at my desk, on a Thursday, and day after tomorrow… — James Autry Copy Share Image
“I find what’s pure and clean and see that it gets all mucked up. But that’s what people call information. And when… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The god of dirt came up to me many times and said so many wise and delectable things, I lay on the… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
A person who wills to have a good will, already has a good will--in its rudiments. There is solid satisfaction in knowing… — William Ernest Hocking Copy Share Image