All things Quote by Theodore Roethke

“I resolved to break the barren soil of my fruitless brain.”

— Elizabeth Grymeston

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.

— Quintilian

The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be…

— Joshua Reynolds

Error tills its own barren soil and buries itself in the ground, since ground and dust stand for nothingness.

— Mary Baker Eddy

“People who have fallacious objectives are like the barren soil. The flowers grow from soil which is composed of the right objectives.”

— Idries Shah

Evil thought is a dangerous pet. It is safer to play with it from behind the iron bars of circumstance.

— Jerome K. Jerome

Wanna know where the weeds at? Well I'll give u a hint. just follow the scent rising outta my tent.

— Kottonmouth Kings

“Small herbs have grace, great weeds to grow apace.”

— William Shakespeare

After Nicholas hung up the phone, he watched his mother carry buckets and garden tools across the couch grass toward a bed that would,…

— Stephen M. Irwin

Weeds are omnipresent; errors are to be found in the heart of the most lovable.

— George Sand

“A fertile mind may still produce many weeds.”

— Revel

“I've never written a quote I feel would be suitable for my gravestone. Wouldn't it be ironic if it were this one? Oh, and…

— Ryan Lilly

Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.

— Norman Ralph Augustine

Don't plant your days they turn into weeds

— Tom Waits

“Weeds are job security for the gardener.”

— Barbara Kingsolver