Farm Quotes
-
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 of cosmic exaltation, like the clear light of the heavens... . And you, too, seem to be taking root in the soil which you are digging, to be nourished by the rays of the sun, to share life with the tiniest blade of grass, with each flower; living in nature's depths, you seem then to rise and grow into the vast expanse of the universe.
Aaron David Gordon -
This past Thanksgiving, my father was at the farm, and I had all 11 dogs in the house with a father who never allowed dogs in the house. And he got up to leave the table and came back and Solomon was in his chair. And he says, "This dog is in my chair." And I said, "It's the other way around, you're sitting in his chair."
Oprah Winfrey
-
In those days, when you got boxed, that was it. A lot of old people were there because somebody wanted the farm. It was about property. People are treated like property.
Kate Millett -
Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it.
Xenophon -
What is a farm but a mute gospel?
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
G. Stanley Hall -
I grew up on a farm where we had one radio station and it was all country.
Garrett Hedlund -
I've removed legs from dogs on the bed of my truck on the farm.
Ted Yoho
-
I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.
Abbie Cornish -
I decided that I wanted a farm back in 1940 when I was with the Dodgers. I tried to find one within commuting distance of New York.
Larry MacPhail -
I had to jump on the tractor and do my chores. I would have just killed to be in town, to be able to Rollerblade hand-in-hand with somebody I had a crush on. I just wanted to get off the farm, to find my outlet.
Garrett Hedlund -
Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
T. J. Miller -
I used to try to pick locks because I grew up on my grandparents' farm and I started my own little spy club. I would go around the farm and try to break into the shed and try spying on my grandpa. It was ridiculous.
Odette Annable -
In Argentina, we're surrounded by polo ponies. The farm covers roughly 170 hectares, and there are no cattle or sheep, just horses.
Facundo Pieres
-
In America, Blackberry Farm in Tennessee is one of the most amazing hotels I've had the privilege of staying at.
Gail Simmons -
Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
Sam Donaldson -
I worked on a farm for a little bit.
Jack O'Connell -
It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style.
Quentin Crisp -
Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
Sam Graves -
My mother was very involved with Cesar Chavez's work on behalf of the migrant farm workers in California.
Caitlin Flanagan
-
I grew up on a dairy and beef farm.
Candice Swanepoel -
I have always wanted to open up a brewery slash goat farm. Brew some beer, make some goat cheese, but that's kinda dreamy.
Adam Lamberg -
I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.
Orville Redenbacher -
When we were on the farm, we were isolated, not just by geography but by the primitive living conditions: no electricity, no running water and, of course, no computer, no phone.
Sally Mann