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Farmers Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his…
- The first steps in Agriculture, Astronomy, Zoology, (those first steps which the farmer, the hunter, and the sailor take,) teach that nature's dice are always…
- The idiot, the Indian, the child and unschooled farmer's boy stand nearer to the light by which nature is to be read, than the dissector…
- The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are…
- The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.
- Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the…
- Who are the farmer's servants? ... Geology and Chemistry, the quarry of the air, the water of the brook, the lightning of the cloud, the…
- By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard…
- Broader and deeper we must write our annals, from an ethical reformation, from an influx of the ever new, ever sanative conscience, if we would…
- The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters, - a…
- Those poor farmers who came up, that day, to defend their native soil, acted from the simplest of instincts. Theydid not know it was a…
More Farmers Quotes
- 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
- Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off… — Wendell Berry
- 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
- While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman. — Giovanni Boccaccio
- I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers… — Norman Borlaug
- I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered.… — Anthony Bourdain
- 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