Best 169 quotes in «dirt quotes» category

A pessimist doesn't see the sunset outside, he sees the dirt on the window.

As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful, and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger, unless they are an American.

As soon as the dirt is hitting the casket, it'll all be forgotten.

A writer is nothing but a gray dirt-covered root. The works he sends up into the sunlight are his fruits, and only those are worthy of attention.

By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance.

Claiming my right to follow whethersoever science should lead... it is as respectable to be modified monkey as modified dirt.

Celebrity is a pretty stunning thing. At first I was like 'They love me! Oh, I love them, too.' And suddenly, I was tap-dancing on my pedestal and it was whack! Facedown in the dirt.

Calling EMACS an editor is like calling the Earth a hunk of dirt.

Did you know that Puritanism went hand in hand with dirt, that Oliver Cromwell put a 100 per cent tax on soap and that the repeal of the soap tax was one of the most popular acts of Charles II at his Restoration?

Delay and dirt are the realities of the most rewarding travel.

Dirt has been shrewdly termed "misplaced material.

Dirt rolls from his palm, Blades of grass Tumble from his hair.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

Dirt is matter in the wrong place.

Even dirt glitters when the sun is shining upon it

Don't go a full day or night without washing your face. You have to get all the dirt and makeup out of your pores.

Don't put your confidence in big names When they die and return to the dirt they can't do anything for you.

Every day is one day closer to the dirt, so you got to go hard.

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.

Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?

Gardening gloves are for sissies. I always have dirt under my nails.

First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough" among cities, a spectacle for the nation.

Gold can gild a rotten stick, and dirt sully an ingot.

Got more dirt than ball. Here we go again.

guileless and without vanity,we were still in love with ourselves then. We felt comfortable in our own skins, enjoyed the news that our senses released to us, admired our dirt, cultivated our scars, and could not comprehend this unworthiness.

He nuzzled my neck, inhaling deeply. “Mmm. You smell so good.” “Oh, yeah,” I said, smirking. “I call this new perfume ‘Le Jungle grime et tropical BO.’ ” “Dirt and sweat. Very sexy.

Have you noticed that only death arouses our emotions? How we love thee friends who have just passed away, right? How we admire those master who no longer speak, their mouths full of dirt. We them we are not obligated.

Here lies Walter Winchell in the dirt he loved so well.

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.

I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time.

I am standing here in the shed, and I'm waiting to see if my seeds are going to poke out ofthe dirt. I don't know if it's too early to look for signs of life or if, this time, winter has claimed my family for good.

Have a little faith, kick a little dirt.

He treats me like the dirt under my feet.

How dare you treat your soil like dirt!

I always believe in living in the country, because that's where what I eat is what I can put back in the dirt.

I am living at the Villa Borghese. There is not a crumb of dirt anywhere, nor a chair misplaced. We are all alone here and we are dead.

I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles.

I dish the dirt out and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it?

I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

If there is a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India will win it, no doubt.

I confess I could never see any good reason why dirt should always be a necessary concomitant of poverty.

I don't keep diaries anymore; They're quite incriminating. I just keep all the dirt road diaries in my head.

I grew up on a dirt road with brothers.

I grew up on two wheels in the dirt.

I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt, not that fancy store-bought dirt... I can't compete with that stuff.

I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.

I like to dirt bike ride, four wheeler, go-kart.

I'm one, too," he said. "What?" He spit a wad of blood and mucus into the dirt. "A virgin." What a shock. "What makes you think I'm a virgin?" I asked. "You wouldn't have hit me if you weren't.

I'm very proud of my area around the plate. I don't want anyone messing with my dirt.

In effective literature, ideas emerge from matter, not the other way around. So I squeeze the dirt for all it's worth and watch the sparks and diamonds fly. Add to this, the lubrication which music can provide, and you've got a workable literary form. Even when we reach the stars, we'll still be gazing down into the gutter.