Best 169 quotes in «dirt quotes» category

We walked into the forests which encircled the town. I have never liked them, their dark throat, their sullen height, their slump-shouldered gloom. But Evangeline walked steadily into their maw, and I followed her. She wanted to see the swathes which, years ago, the firebug had burned. The furnaced forest was green again, though here and there stood leafless trunks cindered to the core; on the scruffy dirt lay stiff black limbs tangled in morning-glory. Evangeline touched her palm to the charcoal, murmured, 'Poor things.

They buried him in dirt that smelled like broken batteries, and crouched in a fiberglass shed while the acid rain poured down to dissolve his flesh and bleach his bones.

We are all dust passing through the air, the difference is, some are flying high in the sky, while others are flying low. But eventually, we all settle on the same ground.

We have the same dirt under our shoes as they do.

10 days before the death of St. John Paul II, in that Via Crucis of Holy Friday, Joseph Ratzinger said to the whole Church that it needed to clean up the dirt of the Church.

(About sweeping).... What he was in FACT doing was moving the dirt around with a broom, to give it a change of scenery and a chance to make new friends.

A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.

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.

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.

There is honey in this land sweeter than any I know of, and I have cut cane in places where the dirt itself tasted like sugar, so that's saying a heap.

Use the dirt life throws at you to plant the seeds of your success.

Was it Laurie Anderson who said that VR would never look real until they learned how to put some dirt in it?

What a face this girl possessed!—could I not gaze at it every day I would need to recreate it through painting, sculpture, or fatherhood until a second such face is born. Her face, at once innocent and feral, soft and wild! Her mouth voluptuous. Eyes deep as oceans, her eyes as wide as planets. I likened her to the slender Psyché and judged that the perfection of her face ennobled everything unclean around her: the dusty hems of her bunched-up skirt, the worn straps of her nightshirt; the blackened soles of her tiny bare feet, the coal-stained balcony bricks upon which she sat, and that dusty wrought-ironwork that framed her perch. All this and the pungent air!—almost foul, with so many odors. Ô, that and the spicy night! …Pungency, spice, filth and night, dust and light; all things dark did blossom in sight; flower and bloom, the night has its pearl too—the moon! And once a month it will make the face of this tender girl bloom.

When the sun shines, there seems to be much more dust in the air. Dirt can only be seen and properly removed by flooding it with white light

When you’re older, you will realise the only thing that matters, the only thing, is that you had courage and honour. Lose those things and you won’t die any quicker, but you’ll be less than the dirt on our boots. You’ll still be dust, but you’ll have wasted your short time in the light.

You dirty rat...

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

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

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

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

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.

Dirt has been shrewdly termed "misplaced material.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Even dirt glitters when the sun is shining upon it

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

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.

Have a little faith, kick a little dirt.

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

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.

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

Got more dirt than ball. Here we go again.

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

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.

How dare you treat your soil like dirt!

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

He treats me like the dirt under my feet.

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.

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

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