Spades Quotes

91 quotes by 68 authors

Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the garden shows, And most attractive,… — William Cowper
To dig one's own spade into one's own earth! Has life anything better to offer than this? — Beverley Nichols
All my hurts my garden spade can heal. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Old gardeners never die. They just spade away and then throw in the trowel. — Herbert V. Prochnow
To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to… — John Ruskin
The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a… — Lucian
Come my spade. There is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers, and grave-makers; they hold up Adam's profession. — William Shakespeare
In any case, the bayonet isn't as important as it used to be. It's more usual now to go into the attack with hand-grenades and… — Erich Maria Remarque
It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions.… — Oscar Wilde
So deeply is the gardener's instinct implanted in my soul, I really love the tools with which I work; the iron fork, the spade, the… — Celia Thaxter
Them Jews aren't going to let (Obama) talk to me. I told my baby daughter, that he'll talk to me in five years when he's… — Jeremiah Wright
Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades. — Diana Gabaldon
If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade. — Aesop
A theologian of the cross says what a thing is. In modern parlance: a theologian of the cross calls a spade a spade. One who… — Gerhard
Every infantryman in the Soviet Army carries with him a small spade. When he is given the order to halt he immediately lies flat and… — Viktor Suvorov
When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade and no horses are kept, a cow is kept for every three acres of land. — John Stuart Mill
Spade! Thou art a tool of honor in my hands. I press thee, through a yielding soil, with pride. — William Wordsworth
I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through… — Elena Ferrante
Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade) — Kate Spade
With every smell, I smell food. With every sight, I see food. I can almost hear food. I want to spade the whole lot through… — Sarah Ferguson

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