Farmer Quotes

277 Farmer quotes by 219 unique authors

My work is that of keeping every operation down (in size) so that the farmer and the man farthest down can get hold of it. — George Washington Carver
As powerful as the power of positive thoughts are, depression biologically interferes with the brain's ability to maintain a positive thought for any period of… — Harold H. Bloomfield
The sequence of theorist, experimenter, and discovery has occasionally been compared to the sequence of farmer, pig, truffle. The farmer leads the pig to an… — Leon M. Lederman
I observed that the successful farmer worked at his job. He would do his plowing, disking, harrowing, seeding, and harvesting in the proper season and… — Nathan Eldon Tanner
The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my life. — Gloria Swanson
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

Who Wrote These Farmer Quotes

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