Farmer Quotes

277 Farmer quotes by 219 unique authors

The old order, it is good for the old. A farmer wants his son to be afraid of beautiful women, so that he will not… — Catherynne M. Valente
A farmer friend of mine told me recently about a busload of middle school children who came to his farm for a tour. The first… — Joel Salatin
Where we are from... [s]tories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start calling him maestro.… — Adam Johnson
And if they don't believe us, I can give them the ghost eyes, you can go all big and threatening, Farmer can do his cracknob… — Tamora Pierce
A life-whether seamstress or poet, farmer or king-is measured not by length, but by the worth of its deeds, and the power of its dreams. — T.A. Barron
In my opinion, if 100% of the people were farming it would be ideal. If each person were given one quarter-acre, that is 1 1/4… — Masanobu Fukuoka
Not all men are destined for greatness," I reminded him. "Are you sure, Fitz? Are you sure? What good is a life lived as if… — Robin Hobb
A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the… — Aesop
Having faith in the plan of salvation includes steadfastly refusing to be diverted from our true identities and responsibilities. In the brief season of our… — Neal A. Maxwell
I grew up in Tuscany in a very poor family. My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was… — Roberto Benigni
To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay… — F. Sionil Jose
Abraham, a simple farmer, at a word from the Invisible God, marched, with family and stock, through the terrible desert to a distant land to… — Charles Studd
Somewhere in Rwanda, a rural farmer is dreaming of providing an education for her children. Not just high school, but maybe even a university degree.… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Buying from a local farmer can mean that he makes a two-hour extra truck drive, which can damage the environment more than a bunch of… — Tyler Cowen
In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws. — Bill Dedman
Cincinnati attracted its first permanent white settlers by flatboat in 1788. It took its name from the Society of Cincinnati, an organization of Revolutionary officers.… — Bill Dedman
I am a ball player in the summer and a farmer in the winter time, and I aim to be a success at both professions. — Zack Wheat
I never wanted to become an actor. I always wanted to be a farmer and dreamt of owning half an acre of agriculture land. — Pawan Kalyan
Being a farmer is a great qualification to have to serve in the United States Congress. — Bruce Braley
I would supplant the ox with the automobile and pave instead of plowing the fields. 1 have a theory that if a corn field were… — Susan Glaspell
It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation… — Oliver Ellsworth
My father was a prosperous hatter-farmer - making hats for the local markets during the winter months, tilling his little ten-acre farm during the summer… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his… — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
I have to be grateful to our society here in China, grateful to the economic reforms for letting me get rich, and grateful for the… — Chen Guangbiao
It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist. — O. Henry

Who Wrote These Farmer Quotes

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