Farmer Quotes

277 Farmer quotes by 219 unique authors

The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages. — David Ricardo
I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They're fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go off into the hills and… — Jonathan Stroud
As a farmer, you learn quick: You don't get anything that you don't work hard for. — Evan Thomas
My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer. — Sam Brownback
It is only necessary that man should start a fence that Nature should carry it on and complete it. The farmer cannot plow quite up… — Henry David Thoreau
[T]he final step in becoming an urban farmer is the naming of your farm, even if your name is simply for the few pots on… — Greg Peterson
As the farmer said, "I'm not greedy, all I want is the land next to mine. — Laurence J. Peter
I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment.… — Tracy Kidder
Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, you're just drawing like a farmer and you don't know… — Pat Oliphant
Jew storekeepers have already learned the advantage to be gained from this [unlimited credit]: they lead on the farmer into irretrievable indebtedness, and keep him… — Robert Louis Stevenson
If an industrialist can sell his products anywhere in India and the world, why should a farmer not be allowed to do so? — Sharad Pawar
Whether some may like it or not, I am still the farmer that I was born as and will continue to be one. — Sharad Pawar
I thought maybe I'd be a farmer. That was another silly notion. I think I'd last about five minutes, being a farmer. — Matthew Rhys
Land is an emotional subject with a farmer in India because it is his only means of income. — Kushal Pal Singh
When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus.… — Vance Havner
Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt;… — Criss Jami
I've done so many funny jobs. I worked at a farmer's market through high school. I worked in the stock room of Ralph Lauren. I… — Allison Williams
Last night, I had a telephone townhall for my constituents back in Vermont, and we had 11,500 people on it. And I had people on… — Peter Welch
Revolution cleanses men, improving them as the experimental farmer corrects the defects of his plants. — Che Guevara
I had wanted to be a fish farmer, to be honest with you. I wanted to be an agriculturist. I wanted to have my own… — Dustin Clare
My feeling was, you plant some seeds. If they grow, great; if they don't, you don't take it personally. Not my problem; I just kept… — Hank Haney
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad… — Carla Bley
As a child, I wanted to marry a farmer, but no doubt the reality would have been very different to the idyll in my head. — Jane Asher
But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm,… — Sam Donaldson
I woke up in a barnyard when I heard a farmer shout. Get away, boy, from my daughter, then a shot gun rang out. — Rod Stewart

Who Wrote These Farmer Quotes

219 authors contributed a total of 277 Farmer Quotes, led by these top contributors: