Backyard Quotes

169 quotes by 160 authors

Goodness is not in the backyard of the individual nor in the open field of the collective; goodness flowers only in freedom from both. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Having a Southwest Green in my backyard is a huge advantage for me on tour. I am pleasantly surprised just how true the ball rolls… — Jim Furyk
I like to sit in my backyard. I go out on the hammock and sit in silence and kind of meditate. Nature is calming, and… — Devon Werkheiser
Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany. — Christian Wiman
My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes… — Stephen Elop
The current anger at the march of turbines and pylons across the hills of Britain is not from nimbys. Government money has lubricated most backyard… — Simon Jenkins
As I said in my last book, birds are mean. They're the only pet that, when they escape, the owners are relieved. You can tell… — Adam Carolla
The summer has seized you, as when, last month in Amalfi, I saw lemons as large as your desk-side globe-that miniature map of the world-and… — Anne Sexton
Ghostly legends dot the Prairie State from its big cities to its small towns. These stories make each community unique in a way that no… — Jeff Belanger
The problem with Hollywood is that nobody works. They have meals. They go to Pilates. But it's not enough. So they do drugs. If everybody… — Ryan Gosling
Right-thinking people are not supposed to discuss any meteorological or geophysical event - a hurricane, a wildfire, a heat wave, a drought, a flood, a… — Joel Achenbach
No matter where you are you can grow something to eat. Shift your thinking and you'd be surprised at the places your food can be… — Greg Peterson
There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard.… — Nelson DeMille
Don't go to summer camp. Bury your parents in the backyard and have the place to yourself. — Henry Rollins
In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses,… — Helmut Newton
In the Church, when we talk about 'the world', we often create an us and them situation and end up planting the seeds of all… — Steve Scott
It's very different doing a food show in America and doing one in Britain. I did a 20-part series for the BBC series called 'Eating… — Toby Young
The dugout in the weeds or leaves beneath a backyard willow, the rivulet of a seasonal creek, even the ditch between the front yard and… — Richard Louv
I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its… — Markus Zusak
I once met a man who said he had visited every exotic place from the Grand Canyon to the Great Wall, but when I questioned… — Richard Bode

Who Wrote These Backyard Quotes

160 authors contributed a total of 169 Backyard Quotes, led by these top contributors: