Farmer Quotes

277 Farmer quotes by 219 unique authors

I have a ranch in Montana, but it's not a real working ranch. I've always liked the outdoors. I come from Texas. My grandfather was… — Dennis Quaid
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer. — Will Rogers
If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors. — Walter Scott
There are times, like after a long day of work, when the thought of an easy drive-through is enticing. But then I remember how crappy… — Alison Sweeney
As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country. — William Howard Taft
If you make a film about a pig farmer in Wales and you are a huge hit as the pig farmer's wife, the next thing… — Kristin Scott Thomas
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… — Henry David Thoreau
Did Superman really want to save the world, or did he just feel like he had to? Would he much rather be a farmer? Maybe.… — Gerard Way
I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly. — Lawrence Welk
A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus. — Elwyn Brooks White
In 1976, Jimmy Carter - peanut farmer; carried his own suitcase, imagine that - somewhat tapped America's durable but shallow reservoir of populism. By 1980,… — George Will
Dr. Kertesz mentioned to me a case known to him of a farmer who had developed prosopagnosia and in consequence could no longer distinguish (the… — Oliver Sacks
From the union of power and money, from the union of power and secrecy, from the union of government and science, from the union of… — Wendell Berry
Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A… — Lloyd Alexander
A farm includes the passion of the farmer's heart, the interest of the farm's customers, the biological activity in the soil, the pleasantness of the… — Joel Salatin
We are such spendthrifts with our lives, the trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least fuss you can… — Paul Newman
And I can imagine Farmer saying he doesn't care if no one else is willing to follow their example. He's still going to make these… — Tracy Kidder
The way I see it, the difference between farmers and suburbanites is the difference in the way we feel about dirt. To them, the earth… — E L Konigsburg
I believe I am becoming pathetic. I'll go further, I believe that I am in love with a flower-growing, wood-carving quarryman/carpenter/pig farmer. In fact, I… — Mary Ann Shaffer
A farmer once told me one of the greatest luxuries of his life was to wake up early only to go back to sleep again. — James Herriot
A farmer is helpless to grow grain; all he can do is provide the right conditions for the growing of grain. He cultivates the ground,… — Richard J. Foster
The incurable optimism of the farmer who throws his seed on the ground every spring, betting it and his time against the elements, seemed inextricably… — Laura Ingalls Wilder
The sign was spray-painted in Arabic and English, probably from some attempt by the farmer to sell his wares in the market. The English read:… — Rick Riordan
The dog, who had sounded so ferocious in the winter distances, was a female German Shepherd. She was shivering. Her tail was between her legs.… — Kurt Vonnegut
But you, Achilles,/ There is not a man in the world more blest than you--/ There never has been, never will be one./ Time was,… — Homer

Who Wrote These Farmer Quotes

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