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Farmer Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- One farmer says to me, "You cannot live on vegetable food solely, for it furnishes nothing to make the bones with;" and so he religiously…
- A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by…
- By avarice and selfishness, and a groveling habit, from which none of us is free, of regarding the soil as property, or the means of…
- 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…
- I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of…
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- I'm a farmer now, and it's fantastic. My goal is to be totally self-sufficient and grow everything that I eat. There's something… — Roseanne Barr
- If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain? — Tom Barrett
- Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise,… — Saint Basil
- I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family. — Bjork
- In Vegas, you have an audience you can't find anywhere else. It's from all over the country. You play Seattle, everyone's from… — Lewis Black
- My mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of… — Anthony Bourdain
- When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know,… — Jerry Brown
- Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up at the… — Luke Bryan
- There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age. — Bill Bryson
- Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a… — Will Carleton
- Well, you know, I had been a peanut farmer. I had - you know who was the first president - Democratic president… — Jimmy Carter
- The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer… — James Allen