Blades Quote by Jonathan Swift

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does…

— Jonathan Swift

“He did not understand how men could busy themselves with hating each other because of silly stuff like the charter, democracy, legitimacy, monarchy, the…

— Victor Hugo

“His soul swayed in a vertigo of moral indecision. He had only to snap the thread of a rash vow made to a villainous…

— G.K. Chesterton

He even knew the reason why: because enough men had gone off to war saying the time for gardening was when the war was…

— Anonymous

“the politicians supported him because they thought he could save them from the masses; and the masses supported him because they thought he could…

— L.C.B. Seaman

“Confucius say if man want to grow one row of corn, first must shovel one ton of shit.”

— Stephen King

“Perhaps he didn’t eat the flesh of mammals, and was anti-American, or in any case anti-Bush – the latter stance gave people carte blanche…

— Herman Koch

“In a way he was lucky. He was a member of a generation that thought it was a good, even joyous, political idea to…

— Grace Paley

“A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“He could not believe that ordinary people in the Culture really wanted the war, no matter how they had voted. They had their communist…

— Iain M. Banks

“He turned from the daughters of minor aristocrats to those of farriers, farmers and foresters. Personally he couldn't tell the difference, yet the world…

— Diane Setterfield

“He must protect the lives and interests of the people, appeal to his fellow citizens' patriotic interests, and, in general, set the welfare of…

— Anonymous