Farming Quotes · Page 13

I'm a conversationalist. I came out of a town with only 300 people. I didn't have anybody to talk to. I didn't…

— Jim "Dandy" Mangrum

People say to us how brave we are, fighting the wilderness, braving the isolation of the Outback. But these are easy opponents,…

— Sara Henderson

It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in…

— Dorothy Day

“Excuse me, I must commit Sudoku! Give me a few minutes, please. I have to solve this puzzle.”

— L. Meili

Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest…

— Zola Budd

We can learn to ignore the bullshit in the Bible about gay people. The same way we have learned to ignore the…

— Dan Savage

I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is…

— Willie Nelson

Once women invented farming, and began to keep and breed animals, they discovered the crucial function of the rooster and the henhouse.…

— Frank Pittman

When farming became a corporate venture, and the distribution of food became corporate, the variety of foods that were considered good diminished…

— Alix Kates Shulman

Outlaw embryo farming, but allow using surplus embryos.

— Mitt Romney

The status of women up to now has been compared to that of a slave; women have been tied to the home,…

— Vladimir Lenin

“I'm a duck farmer. Am I the world's best duck farmer? Probably not, but there's no official ranking, and I'm a modest…

— Jarod Kintz

“We got a saying around here about our corn, ‘it grows knee-high by the Fourth of July.”

— Richard Puz

[My father] did get enough money to buy mules. We didn't have tractors, but he bought mules, wagons, cultivators and some farming…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

Natural farming is just farming, nothing more. You don't have to be a spiritually oriented person to practice my methods.

— Masanobu Fukuoka

I feel that anyone can do farming. But people who are in it for the long haul have to have a little…

— Novella Carpenter

My priority going forward is to be able to be involved in things like the farm and fighting hunger events, and then…

— Chris Soules

If we are bold in our thinking, courageous in accepting new ideas, and willing to work with instead of against our land,…

— Hugh Hammond Bennett

I come from a farming culture, where we valued raw materials above all.

— Brunello Cucinelli

Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, like other farmers, flourish and complain.

— George Crabbe

“Wine is a gateway drug to environmentalism.”

— Katherine Cole

I grew up off the grid in Vernon, and I saw my parents work hard every day, as teachers but also while…

— Ryan Holmes

Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so…

— Thomas Jefferson

Because of the industrialization of agriculture -- using massive amounts of fossil fuel -- only 2 percent of Americans work in farming.…

— Ann Coulter

The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home…

— Ann Voskamp