Grass quotes and words of wisdom

"And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."
Jonathan Swift


"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars."
Walt Whitman


"If we had a keen vision and feeling it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel"s heart beat, and we should die of the roar which lies on the other side of silence. As it is, the quickest of us walk about well wadded with stupidity."
George Eliot


"Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence."
Unknown


"Our way is not soft grass, it"s a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upward, forward, toward the sun."
Ruth Westheimer


"Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work. I am the grass. I cover all."
Carl Sandburg


"The grass will grow in the streets of a hundred cities."
Herbert Clark Hoover


"Your ass is grass."
Proverb


Interesting Quotes

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.Muhammad Ali - US boxer (1942 - )

Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.Joseph Heller - US novelist (1923 - )