Farmer Quotes

277 Farmer quotes by 219 unique authors

God should be most where man is least: So, where is neither church nor priest, And never rag nor form of creed To clothe the… — John Greenleaf Whittier
The good people of Dakota offered to give Calvin Coolidge a farm if he would live on it. I wouldn't advise you to give those… — Will Rogers
Since chemical fertilizer burns out the soil organic matter, other farmers struggle with tilth, water retention, and basic soil nutrients. The soil gets harder and… — Joel Salatin
The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters, - a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Unkindness to anything means an injustice to that thing. If I am unkind to you I do you an injustice, or wrong you in some… — George Washington Carver
What the new fertilizer technology has accomplished for the farmer is clear: more crop can be produced on less acreage than before. Since the cost… — Barry Commoner
When we mistake what we can know for all there is to know, a healthy appreciation of one's ignorance in the face of a mystery… — Michael Pollan
The farmer and the farm, like "the environment," are looked upon, for example, as means to offset trade deficits. The farm is a place where… — Wes Jackson
You men out there probably think you already know how to dress for success. You know, for example, that you should not wear leisure suits… — Dave Barry
Agriculture is the greatest and fundamentally the most important of our industries. The cities are but the branches of the tree of national life, the… — Bernard Baruch
My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to… — Andy Garcia
I know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me. — Bill Gates
It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn. — B. C. Forbes
The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere. — Jim Hightower
Never answer a question from a farmer. — Hubert H. Humphrey
I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is… — Miguel Indurain
I lived with a coffee farmer called Dukale on a trip I made with World Vision to Ethiopia, and realised there's no good reason for… — Hugh Jackman
Is there anything sadder than the foods of the 1950s? Canned, frozen, packaged concoctions, served up by the plateful, three meals per day, in an… — Jeffrey Kluger
My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner. — Lenny Kravitz
We'll be going to the fish market and a farmer's market this afternoon to get what we need to make and eat dinner as a… — Emeril Lagasse
I've always said I want a farmer, not a hunter. Hunters go for the kill and they move on. A farmer nurtures; he watches things… — Eva Longoria
When I was a kid, my step dad started this business and would go out and get lost cows and stuff. He was part-time truck… — Tim McGraw
I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer. — Unknown Author
I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn't make any money. — Willie Nelson
Every time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him on the tax… — Grover Norquist

Who Wrote These Farmer Quotes

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