Grain Quotes
495 Grain quotes by 409 unique authors
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Better to toil blindly, beating every stone in turn for grains of gold, whether they contain any or not, than lie down in apathetic decay.
— John Muir
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There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its…
— George Nakashima
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Man had in the beginning no power of analysis or synthesis approaching that of the spider, or even of the honey-bee; he had acute sensibility…
— Henry Adams
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Man is a living lie--a bitter jest Upon himself--a conscious grain of sand Lost in a desert of unconsciousness.
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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Constantly contemplate the whole of time and the whole of substance, and consider that all individual things as to substance are a grain of a…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Any human love a man gets he can make fill his life. It's like the grain of mustard-seed.
— William John Locke
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Black Sabbath wasn't like the Bon Jovis of the time. We were just a bunch of guys that were against the grain of society. And…
— Ozzy Osbourne
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We incorporated new tastes and flavors into our kids' diets from a very early age, which helped to develop their palates and prevented them from…
— Cat Cora
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Well, acting itself is a form of rebellion, always. Getting up there in front of people, telling stories - you're kind of going against the…
— John Cusack
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If people say something rude or off-color, you have to take it with a grain of salt, because they don't know you.
— Chris Daughtry
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Chicken, brown rice, and veggies is a great healthy dinner option. It's full of whole grains and protein, and will keep you full for a…
— Mia Hamm
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Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently…
— Peter Hammill
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I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me.
— Amber Heard
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Foods high in bad fats, sugar and chemicals are directly linked to many negative emotions, whereas whole, natural foods rich in nutrients - foods such…
— Marilu Henner
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Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop.
— David F. Houston
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Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.
— James Jeans
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Fame comes and fame goes, but you have to be able to laugh about yourself and to take it with a grain of salt.
— Khloe Kardashian
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I always have breakfast, say, scrambled egg whites, a vegetable smoothie, or whole-grain cereal with low-fat milk. For lunch and dinner, I eat a lot…
— Beyonce Knowles
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My father, who was a cabinetmaker, told me, 'Wood has a grain and if you go into the grain, you have beauty. If you go…
— Christian Louboutin
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I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will…
— Og Mandino
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I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got…
— Ziggy Marley
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A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.
— Jose Marti
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I eat everything, that's a problem. I don't have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbean. Meat, rice, lots of grains. But I do like…
— Ricky Martin
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I always seem to be singing against the grain.
— Steven Morrissey
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
— Viggo Mortensen
Who Wrote These Grain Quotes
409 authors contributed a total of 495 Grain Quotes, led by these top contributors: