Backyards Quotes
153 quotes by 143 authors
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After a decade this glum, we deserved a shot of 'Glee,' a show that restored our faith in the power of song, the beauty of…
— James Wolcott
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There are golfers everywhere who may never get a chance to play a links course in Scotland, a tree-lined course in America or the sand…
— Tiger Woods
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I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By…
— Tullian Tchividjian
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Clean up your own backyard. Change by example. Just be the way you want others to be and hope they pay attention.
— Larry Winget
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The sacred is in the ordinary...it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's own backyard...travel may…
— Abraham Maslow
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I've lived here ... my whole life. It's where I lost all my baby teeth. Where tiny hamster, gerbil, and bird skeletons lie in rotted-out…
— Jennifer McMahon
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I'm going to take you out of here ... I'm going to take you home, to the world where you belong, where cats with bent…
— Haruki Murakami
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Instinct tells me to go to Hannah's, but she doesn't live there anymore and that's when I realize the major difference between my mother and…
— Melina Marchetta
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If your Soviet neighbor is trying to set fire to your house, you can't be worrying about the Arab down the block. If suddenly it's…
— Max Brooks
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My father had not been outside the house except to drive back and forth to work or sit out in the backyard, for months, nor…
— Alice Sebold
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A mockingbird has moved into our neighborhood. It perches atop a telephone pole behind our backyard. Every morning it is the first thing I hear.…
— Jerry Spinelli
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Chicken,' Josie said. 'Have you ever been in love?' Peter looked at Josie, and thought of how they had once tied a note with their…
— Jodi Picoult
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Life was not to be sitting in hot amorphic leisure in my backyard idly writing or not writing, as the spirit moved me. It was,…
— Sylvia Plath
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Anyway, I'm sure the guy lives a million miles away." "Or he could live right in your backyard. You never know." I nodded, keeping a…
— Mari Mancusi
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We're in the Chicago suburbs, ruling our 'hood and the streets that lead here. It's a street war, where other suburban gangs fight us for…
— Simone Elkeles
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I wonder why no one called the police about the rocket launcher? God knows my neighbors usually report it if I so much as fart…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Yes, we all know that there's a good chance the missiles won't work properly when the government people finally come to get them, but over…
— Shaun Tan
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(The tree bend over. Suddenly, a hiss and a meow sounded an instant before two cats darted off across the backyard.) Look, Lanie, it’s Mr.…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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He wanted to go running home to Mommy, what can I say? Of course, it's hard for me to believe that anyone would choose to…
— Michael Grant
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Right, I breast feed baby camels in my backyard just for the freaking fun of it. Just tell me where you live, Pinocchio, and save…
— David Sedaris
Who Wrote These Backyards Quotes
143 authors contributed a total of 153 Backyards Quotes, led by these top contributors: