Lawn Quotes

190 Lawn quotes by 169 unique authors

A rancher is a farmer who farms the public lands with a herd of four-legged lawn mowers. — Edward Abbey
Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher. Nobody guesses, nobody accuses, nobody knows, but there you are, Plato in the peonies, Socrates force-growing… — Ray Bradbury
Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat… — Mike Tyson
When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden. — Kevin Henkes
Good people don't spend their time being good. Good people want to spend their time mowing the lawn and playing with the dog. But bad… — Alan Furst
Consider the many special delights a lawn affords: soft mattress for a creeping baby; worm hatchery for a robin; croquet or badminton court; baseball diamond;… — Katharine Sergeant Angell White
This was an away-day for the deputy prime minister's staff, who've had a change of responsibilities [on John Prescott's scandalous playing habits... on the croquet… — Paul Clark
I have four sons whom I love dearly. Suppose our lawn needed to be cut. I could say, "Boys, can you see the need? The… — George Sweeting
Sweet is every sound, Sweeter thy voice, but every sound is sweet; Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro' the lawn, The moans of doves in immemorial… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
A college president is like the lawn mower at a cemetary: he has a lot of people under him, but they don't pay much attention… — Unknown Author
When a woman extends her hand for you to shake it, then you shake her hand. You do not turn it up and kiss it.… — Paula Poundstone
If Congress were to pass a 'flat' tax, you'd simply pay a fixed percentage of your income, and you wouldn't have to fill out any… — Dave Barry
I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the… — Warren G. Bennis
They're a rotten crowd', I shouted across the lawn. 'You're worth the whole damn bunch put together. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The man who worries morning and night about the dandelions in the lawn will find great relief in loving the dandelions. — Liberty Hyde Bailey
The flood will lift the ghosts from the Hollywood lawn cemetery and they will disappear like ether in the now dead air. All the names… — Robert Montgomery
The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn?… — Francis Pharcellus Church
It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something… — Ray Bradbury
Everybody knows how lazy he is. One day the neighbors saw Fang mow the lawn and I got three Get Well cards. — Phyllis Diller
This generation should entertain this generation. It's only fair. When I was a kid, I mowed the lawn. Now, somebody else's kid can mow the… — Tom T. Hall
Aubade THE lark now leaves his wat'ry nest, And climbing shakes his dewy wings. He takes this window for the East, And to implore your… — William Davenant
If I ever wanted a gnome, I guess Id just stand out on my lawn for a while. — Johnny Christ
We don't need women. There are plenty other things in the world to have sex with, just go to a sexaholics meeting and take notes.… — Chuck Palahniuk
It's hard and sometimes it's scary. It still amazes my mother. I went home for Christmas one year and there were fans all over the… — Luke Perry
... what's in a person's heart and soul will not likely be changed by the ability to command a helicopter to land on the South… — Robert Dallek

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