Soil Quotes
837 Soil quotes by 607 unique authors
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After his death the gardener does not become a butterfly, intoxicated by the perfumes of the flowers, but a garden worm tasting all the dark,…
— Karel Capek
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Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; so it is with man's mind.
— Teresa of Avila
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If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if you have enough blindness left in you, on any plea,…
— John Jay Chapman
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England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English…
— Melina Mercouri
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Let us depart! the universal sun Confines not to one land his blessed beams; Nor is man rooted, like a tree, whose seed, the winds…
— Robert Southey
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No gassing took place in any camp on Germany soil.
— Simon Wiesenthal
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The Jews might have had Uganda, Madagascar, and other places for the establishment of a Jewish Fatherland, but they wanted absolutely nothing except Palestine, not…
— Nahum Goldmann
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There are lot memories to take home but the most emotional moment has been when I was touching down in New Delhi. Tears rolled down…
— Kamla Persad-Bissessar
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When you get close to the raw materials and taste them at the moment they let go of the soil, you learn to respect them.
— Rene Redzepi
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The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its…
— Charles Sturt
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The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western…
— Toru Takemitsu
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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
— Radhanath Swami
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My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared…
— Radhanath Swami
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While I'm on foreign soil, I - I just don't feel that I should be speaking about differences with regards to myself and President Obama…
— Mitt Romney
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In the Church, when we talk about 'the world', we often create an us and them situation and end up planting the seeds of all…
— Steve Scott
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You work here [on the farm] simply without philosophizing; sometimes the work is hard and crowded with pettiness. But at times you feel a surge…
— A. D. Gordon
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Colonial atrocities have prepared the soil; it is for socialists to sow the seeds of revolution.
— Ho Chi Minh
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From the seed grows a root, then a sprout; from the sprout, the seedling leaves; from the leaves, the stem; around the stem, the branches;…
— Mary Caroline Richards
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A seed has to get buried in the soil for its real form as a plant to emerge. Only through modesty and humility can we…
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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A manure containing several ingredients acts in this wise: The effect of all of them in the soil accommodates itself to that one among them…
— Justus von Liebig
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Plants, in a state of nature, are always warring with one another, contending for the monopoly of the soil,-the stronger ejecting the weaker,-the more vigorous…
— Joseph Dalton Hooker
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I'm amazed at how much my writing is improved when I step away from the computer, even in small amounts. If I'm stuck, I vacuum…
— Donald Miller
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What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of…
— William Morris Hunt
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We're phenomenally blessed in the Walla Walla Valley. We have great, complex soil that's nutrient-rich but fairly porous.
— Drew Bledsoe
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Mr. Speaker, we are a blessed Nation. We have not suffered another attack on our soil since September 11, and we are grateful. We have…
— Marsha Blackburn
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