Lawn Quote by Italo Calvino

“what can the healthy grass do to appease the growls of the lawnmower”

— Chase Berggrun

“It was that time of the year, the turning-point of summer, when the crops of the present year are a certainty, when one begins…

— Leo Tolstoy

Mowing your lawn is against nature.

— Rufus Wainwright

“Mowing the lawn, I felt like I was battling the earth rather than working it; each week it sent forth a green army and…

— Michael Pollan

“The average lawn is an interesting beast: people plant it, then douse it with artificial fertilizers and dangerous pesticides to make it grow and…

— Michael Braungart

“The more serious about gardening I became, the more dubious lawns seemed. The problem for me was not, as it was for my father,…

— Michael Pollan

Think they work you too hard? Think of poor Ali Sard. He has to mow grass in his uncle's backyard and its quick growing…

— Dr. Seuss

“The ragged cat drags its belly across where the grass is short and the stones are sharp, under the lilacs that have no flowers.…

— Jayne Anne Phillips

“God bless the lawn mower, he thought. Who was the fool who made January first New Year’s Day? No, they should set a man…

— Ray Bradbury

“Our lawns manifest our cultural desire: they are static, they are artificial, and they are kept sexually immature.”

— Derrick Jensen

Vineyards and shining harvests, pastures, arbors, And all this our very utmost toil Can hardly care for, we wear down our strength Whether in…

— Lucretius

“Even with the windows up she could smell the thick, spiky aroma of cut grass and the distant hum of a lawnmower somewhere down…

— Abby Slovin