Planting Quotes

143 quotes by 124 authors

We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or… — Diane Ackerman
I rode horseback three miles each way to get to high school, and in bad weather it was a problem sometimes to make my eight… — Ezra Taft Benson
Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or… — Bono
I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside,… — Hugo Chavez
The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. — Robert Collier
Structure is the most important component in a successful planting; colour is important too but it is a secondary consideration. — Piet Oudolf
(Farm workers) are involved in the planting and the cultivation and the harvesting of the greatest abundance of food known in this society. They bring… — Cesar Chavez
An ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a… — Sharon Salzberg
Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course, planting corn or writing epics, so only it be honest work,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We can begin by doing small things at the local level, like planting community gardens or looking out for our neighbors. That is how change… — Grace Lee Boggs
... the mind must be prepared for knowledge as one prepares a field for planting, and a discovery made too soon is no better than… — Louis L'Amour
This very act of planting a seed in the earth has in it to me something beautiful. I always do it with a joy that… — Celia Thaxter
In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure. — Martin Luther
Planting is one of my great amusements, and even of those things which can only be for posterity, for a Septuagenary has no right to… — Thomas Jefferson
We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves. — Peter Yarrow
At night I read and write, and things I have never understood become clear; I reap the harvest of the rest of the year's planting — Annie Dillard
I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die..… — Felix Dennis
She had only to stand in the orchard, to put her hand on a little crab tree and look up at the apples, to make… — Willa Cather
Planting and growing increasing quantities of trees is the scientific solution to Earth's environmental dilemma. — Richard St. Barbe Baker
Weeds don't need planting in well-drained soil; they don't ask for fertilizer or bits of rag to scare away the birds. They come without invitation;… — Norman Nicholson

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