--- title: "11 Husbandry Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 11 Husbandry quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Husbandry sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/william-shakespeare-4_candle_there-s-husbandry-in-heaven-their-candle_1829152.jpg" --- > [There's husbandry in heaven, Their candles are all out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/there-s-husbandry-in-heaven-their-candles-are-all-out/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/william-shakespeare-4_candle_there-s-husbandry-in-heaven-their-candle_1829152.jpg) > [“There are no bad plants or bad men. There is only bad husbandry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/there-are-no-bad-plants-or-bad-men-there-is-only-bad-husbandry/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/victor-hugo-32_bad-husband_there-are-no-bad-plants-or-bad-men-there_2621276.jpg) > [“Together with the mechanisation of plant cultivation, industrial animal husbandry is the basis for the entire modern socio-economic order.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/together-with-the-mechanisation-of-plant-cultivation-industrial/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/yuval-noah-harari-100_quote_together-with-the-mechanisation-of-plant_859347.jpg) > [Those who give their entire attention to animal husbandry cannot become human, and those who give their entire attention to horticulture cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayatollah-khomeini/those-who-give-their-entire-attention-to-animal-husbandry-cannot/) [Ayatollah Khomeini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayatollah-khomeini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/ayatollah-khomeini-40984_humanity_those-who-give-their-entire-attention-to_1882232.jpg) > [“It’s not our place to judge the guilt or innocence of the prisoners, Nurse Webster. The sooner you learn that the better.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-dax/it-s-not-our-place-to-judge-the-guilt-or-innocence-of-the-prisoners/) [Rachel Dax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-dax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48a/rachel-dax-91119_human-rights_it-s-not-our-place-to-judge-the-guilt-or_3093435.jpg) > [To husband is to use with care, to keep, to save, to make last, to conserve. Old usage tells us that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/to-husband-is-to-use-with-care-to-keep-to-save-to-make-last-to/) [Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/wendell-berry-236_agriculture_to-husband-is-to-use-with-care-to-keep-t_5364.jpg) > [And if we ask what are the cultural resources that can inform and sustain a proper creaturely and stewardly awareness of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/and-if-we-ask-what-are-the-cultural-resources-that-can-inform-and/) [Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/wendell-berry-236_asks_and-if-we-ask-what-are-the-cultural-reso_1343386.jpg) > [“A farmer, as one of his farmer correspondents once wrote to Liberty Hyde Bailey, is "a dispenser of the 'Mysteries of God.'"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/a-farmer-as-one-of-his-farmer-correspondents-once-wrote-to-liberty-2/) [Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/wendell-berry-236_farming_a-farmer-as-one-of-his-farmer-correspond_2053047.jpg) > [“To husband is to use with care, to keep, to save, to make last, to conserve. Old usage tells us that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/to-husband-is-to-use-with-care-to-keep-to-save-to-make-last-to-2/) [Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44e/wendell-berry-236_agriculture_to-husband-is-to-use-with-care-to-keep-t_3049826.jpg) > [“A farmer, as one of his farmer correspondents once wrote to Liberty Hyde Bailey, is “a dispenser of the ‘Mysteries of God.’”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/a-farmer-as-one-of-his-farmer-correspondents-once-wrote-to-liberty/) [Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/wendell-berry-236_marriage_a-farmer-as-one-of-his-farmer-correspond_146128.jpg) > [“Agriculture must mediate between nature and the human community, with ties and obligations in both directions. To farm well requires an elaborate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/agriculture-must-mediate-between-nature-and-the-human-community-with/) [Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/wendell-berry-236_agriculture_agriculture-must-mediate-between-nature_523725.jpg) ## Top authors on Husbandry - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wendell-berry-94730.jpg) Wendell Berry 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/husbandry/wendell-berry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/husbandry/#itemlist", "name": "Husbandry Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's husbandry in heaven, Their candles are all out.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/there-s-husbandry-in-heaven-their-candles-are-all-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/william-shakespeare-4_candle_there-s-husbandry-in-heaven-their-candle_1829152.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/william-shakespeare-4_candle_there-s-husbandry-in-heaven-their-candle_1829152.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/william-shakespeare-4_candle_there-s-husbandry-in-heaven-their-candle_1829152.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's husbandry in heaven, Their candles are all out.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There are no bad plants or bad men. 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Old usage tells us that there is a husbandry also of the land, of the soil, of the domestic plants and animals - obviously because of the importance of these things to the household. And there have been times, one of which is now, when some people have tried to practice a proper human husbandry of the nondomestic creatures in recognition of the dependence of our households and domestic life upon the wild world. Husbandry is the name of all practices that sustain life by connecting us conservingly to our places and our world; it is the art of keeping tied all the strands in the living network that sustains us. 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Husbandry originates precautionary sayings like “Don’t put all your eggs into one basket” and “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” It does not boast of technological feats that will “feed the world.” Husbandry,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wendell Berry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/a-farmer-as-one-of-his-farmer-correspondents-once-wrote-to-liberty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/wendell-berry-236_marriage_a-farmer-as-one-of-his-farmer-correspond_146128.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/wendell-berry-236_marriage_a-farmer-as-one-of-his-farmer-correspond_146128.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/wendell-berry-236_marriage_a-farmer-as-one-of-his-farmer-correspond_146128.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A farmer, as one of his farmer correspondents once wrote to Liberty Hyde Bailey, is “a dispenser of the…” — Wendell Berry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Agriculture must mediate between nature and the human community, with ties and obligations in both directions. 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