Manure Quotes

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Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. — Francis Bacon
Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy. — Alec Baldwin
I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps… — Theodore Bikel
Nature does have manure and she does have roots as well as blossoms, and you can't hate the manure and blame the roots for not… — R. Buckminster Fuller
What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not… — Thomas Jefferson
Grief is like manure, if you spread it out it fertilizes, if you leave it in a big pile it smells like crap. — Thomas Golden, Jr.
The smell of manure, of sun on foliage, of evaporating water, rose to my head; two steps farther, and I could look down into the… — Doris Lessing
When will they make a tractor that can furnish the manure for farm fields and produce a baby tractor every spring? — George Erik Rupp
The longer I live the greater is my respect for manure in all its forms. — Elizabeth von Arnim
Well, I can do certain jobs because smells don't bother me. But that means I'm usually the one at the ranch cleaning up all the… — Bill Pullman
You need bad things to make good things. Itâ€™s like with farmingâ€” if you want to grow a good crop, you need a lot of… — Mike Watt
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
Money is like manure; it should be spread around — Brooke Astor
Money is like manure; itâ€™s not worth a thing unless itâ€™s spread around. — Brooke Astor
And what a congress of stinks!- Roots ripe as old bait, Pulpy stems, rank, silo-rich, Leaf mold, manure, lime, piled against slippery planks, Nothing would… — Theodore Roethke
When the spring comes, we will manure the plains of Kosova with the bones of Serbs, for we Albanians have suffered too much to forget. — Isa Boletini
I think of my art materials not as junk but as garbage. Manure, actually: it goes from being the waste material of one being to… — John Chamberlain
Hello from the gutters of New York City, which are filled with dog manure, vomit, stale wine, urine, and blood. — David Berkowitz
Hello from the gutters of NYC, which is filled with dog manure, vomit, stale wine, urine,and blood. Hello from the sewers of NYC which swallow… — David Berkowitz
Wilbur burst into tears. "I dont want to die," he moaned. "I want to stay alive, right here in my comfortable manure pile with all… — Elwyn Brooks White

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