It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. Votes: 6
Muhammad AliKnowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Votes: 4
Hal BorlandIf civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts. Votes: 4
Camille PagliaI was about 13 or 14 when I heard Malcolm X's speech 'Message to the Grass Roots.' Votes: 3
Ta-Nehisi CoatesGrass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved. Votes: 3
Steffi GrafWe had always dwelled together, beneath a tropical sun, in the Valley of the Many Colored Grass. Votes: 3
Edgar Allan PoeSuspension of disbelief and that whole question is part of the heart of the 'Leaves of Grass'movie. Votes: 3
Edward NortonAnyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens. Votes: 2
Andy RooneyZeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow. Votes: 2
Khalil GibranBreathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass. Votes: 2
Rupert BrookeFrom our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity. Votes: 2
Richie BenaudEvery blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, "Grow, grow." - The Talmud Votes: 2
SapphireI asked the waiter, 'Is this milk fresh?' He said, 'Lady, three hours ago it was grass.' Votes: 2
Phyllis DillerIn creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. Votes: 2
James Russell LowellNineteenth-century grass-roots populism made twentieth-century progressivism possible. Votes: 0
Jill LeporeRobust grass endures mighty winds; loyal ministers emerge through ordeal. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareBaseball is sunshine, green grass, fathers and sons, our rural past. Votes: 0
Albert Theodore PowersEverything dies, from the smallest blade of grass to the biggest galaxy. Votes: 0
Stephen R. DonaldsonNatural grass is a wonderful thing for little bugs and sinkerball pitchers. Votes: 0
Dan QuisenberryI like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions. Votes: 0
Lee Patrick MastelottoResearch is a scientific activity dedicated to discovering what makes grass green. Votes: 0
Russell BakerI like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions. Votes: 0
Pat MastelottoStraight between them ran the pathway,Never grew the grass upon it Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowBeautiful as a dandelion-blossom golden in the green grass, this life can be. Votes: 0
Edna St. Vincent MillayRemember, the grass is always greener where you don't happen to be the neighbor. Votes: 0
Groucho MarxI'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes. Votes: 0
Ron PerlmanThis soft grass suggests 'softness' to me, but also at the same time 'lying-down-ness'. Votes: 0
Louise RennisonA single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten . . . Votes: 0
Mary E. PearsonThe dandelion's pallid tube Astonishes the grass, And winter instantly becomes An infinite alas. Votes: 0
Emily DickinsonOne of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move. Votes: 0
Marat SafinI dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf Votes: 0
Tug McGrawA thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors. Votes: 0
Matsuo BashoWhat the younger generation didn't understand was that the grass was greenest where it's watered.. Votes: 0
Nicholas SparksWhat is the difference between astroturf and grass? I don't know, I never smoked astroturf. Votes: 0
Tug McGrawBut still, the other voice, the intuitive, returns, like grass forcing its way through concrete. Votes: 0
Susan GriffinMaking love in the green grass behind the stadium with you my brown eyed girl. Votes: 0
Van Morrisondeep in the meadow , under the willow , a bed of grass , a soft green pillow Votes: 0
Suzanne CollinsIt was always the poor grass that suffered most when two kings went to war. Votes: 0
Rabindranath TagoreThe grass is not always greener on the other side. You learn to appreciate these people. Votes: 0
Kevin DurantNo single man makes history. History cannot be seen just as one cannot see grass growing. Votes: 0
Boris PasternakThere is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass,... Votes: 0
Alfred Lord TennysonIt would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass. Votes: 0
Emile FaguetNo one comes from the earth like grass. We come like trees. We all have roots. Votes: 0
Maya AngelouThere are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way. Votes: 0
DogenYou cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass. Votes: 0
Isoroku YamamotoI hate baseball. It's dull. Nothing happens. It's like watching grass - no, Astroturf - grow Votes: 0
Jeff JarvisGuys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players. Votes: 0
Richard KrajicekFallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils. Votes: 0
Cyril ConnollyThe park grass looked greener, the park benches looked better and the flowers were trying harder." Votes: 0
Charles BukowskiUntil man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so called scientific knowledge. Votes: 0
Thomas A. EdisonThe park grass looked greener, the park benches looked better and the flowers were trying harder. Votes: 0
Charles BukowskiThe worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled. Votes: 0
Andrew VachssWhen I paint green, it doesn't mean grass; when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky. Votes: 0
Henri MatisseWhy don't you find out for yourself?Then you'll see the glass, hidden in the grass. Votes: 0
MorrisseyBut the grass ain't always greener on the other side, It's green where you water it Votes: 0
Justin BieberI love the smell of freshly cut grass. It takes me back to summers in Maine. Votes: 0
Rachel NicholsA blade of grass is always a blade of grass, whether in one country or another. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonIf the grass on the other side of the fence is greener, try watering your side. Votes: 0
Ernie J ZelinskiThe morning paper is just as necessary for an American as dew is to the grass. Votes: 0
Josh BillingsIf the grass is greener in the other fellow's yard- let him worry about cutting it. Votes: 0
Fred AllenIf God had wanted us to play football in the sky, He'd have put grass up there. Votes: 0
Brian CloughDancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass. Votes: 0
SapphoSwitzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it. Votes: 0
Mark TwainYou could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through. Votes: 0
Ilya EhrenburgIn a snowfall that covers the winter grass a white heron uses his own whiteness to disappear. Votes: 0
DogenIt is forbidden to walk on the grass. It is not forbidden to fly over the grass. Votes: 0
Augusto BoalJapan would never invade the United States. We would find a rifle behind every blade of grass. Votes: 0
Isoroku YamamotoAnd so the seasons went rolling on into summer, as one rambles into higher and higher grass. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauWhen you're winning the grass is greener, the cigars are sweeter and the girls are better looking! Votes: 0
Mark GraceI saw a vegetarian wearing a furry coat. so I looked closer. it was made of grass. Votes: 0
Steven WrightI'm sure that half the buzz from smoking grass was the fact that it was so illegal. Votes: 0
Lenny BruceThe other day the grass was brown, now its green cuz I ain't give up. Never surrender. Votes: 0
DJ KhaledHow many colors are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'Green'? Votes: 0
Stan BrakhageIt is my unmistakable belief that not a blade of grass moves but by the divine will. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiThe fountain is my speech. The tulips are my speech. The grass and trees are my speech. Votes: 0
George T. Delacorte, Jr.Not even the Emerald Isle itself was as green as the grass that grew in Ebbets Field. Votes: 0
Duke SniderI lived in grass huts in a jungle in the Philippines for three weeks with tribal people. Votes: 0
Evangeline LillyMen are mad and gods are madder, she told the grass, and the grass murmured its agreement. Votes: 0
George R. R. MartinO land and soil, red soil and sweet-gum tree, So scant of grass, so profligate of pines Votes: 0
Jean ToomerHow do you expect the Germans to revolt when they don't even dare walk on the grass? Votes: 0
Joseph StalinThough nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower. Votes: 0
William WordsworthDirect me gods, whose changes are all holy, To where it flickers deep in grass, the moly. Votes: 0
Thom GunnIf one could drown in the grass, thought Elphie, that might be the best way to die. Votes: 0
Gregory MaguireRemember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass". Votes: 0
Norman Vincent PealeRITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the grass. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceYou might be a redneck if you move your refrigerator and the grass underneath it has turned yellow. Votes: 0
Jeff FoxworthyI got my best foot forward onto greener grass, cause there ain't no future living in the past. Votes: 0
Black HawkBare feet on the grass comfort the spirit and connect the body to the earth all at once! Votes: 0
Maximillian DegenerezPeople eat meat and think they will become strong as an ox, forgetting that the ox eats grass. Votes: 0
Pino CarusoThe power that makes grass grow, fruit ripen, and guides the bird in flight is in us all. Votes: 0
Anzia YezierskaLastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name. Votes: 0
Karl ShapiroPerhaps he knew, there in the grass by the waters, that he had before him an immense journey. Votes: 0
Loren EiseleyLike black hulks the shadows of the great trees ride at anchor on the billowy sea of grass. Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowI am solitary as grass. What is it I miss? Shall I ever find it, whatever it is? Votes: 0
Sylvia PlathIn the distance, he could see Molly lying in the tall grass off to the side of the house. Votes: 0
Nicholas SparksThe cowboy doesn't need an iron horse, but covers his country on one that eats grass and wears hair. Votes: 0
Charles Marion RussellWomen like poetry. A soft word in their ears and they melt - a grease spot on the grass. Votes: 0
Mary Ann ShafferI was typing away while everybody was dropping acid and smoking grass. I was known as my own square. Votes: 0
Anne RiceWe bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead. Votes: 0
Alexander SmithPeople eat meat and think they will become as strong as an ox, forgetting that the ox eats grass. Votes: 0
Pino CarusoThe softest grass can break any stone in her quest to find the sun. Rise again, woman, RISE AGAIN! Votes: 0
Autumn Morning StarIn the distance, he could see Molly lying in the tall grass off to the side of the house." Votes: 0
Nicholas SparksHe will hear the rain before he feels it, a clicking on the dry grass, on the olive leaves. Votes: 0
Michael OndaatjeA man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass. Votes: 0
Pearl S. BuckPigs eat grass if they are very hungry, but they can't use it as a regular source of food. Votes: 0
Marvin HarrisI let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass. Votes: 0
LaoziI had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. Votes: 0
Ella MaillartI just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers. Votes: 0
Andre Leon TalleyIf the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher. Votes: 0
Debbie MacomberWhen I think of grass I think of something to walk on, pot as something to put a plant in. Votes: 0
Judy WoodruffA need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower. Votes: 0
Arvo PartEven if you think the grass is greener on the other side, you're going to have to mow that side too. Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerBut in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on Votes: 0
Wendelin Van DraanenI am sick of four walls and a ceiling I have need of the sky, I have business with the grass. Votes: 0
Richard HoveyAh, I could lay me down in this long grass And close my eyes, and let the quiet wind Blow over me Votes: 0
Edna St. Vincent MillayI am the animal at the head of the pack. ⦠I either get eaten, or I get the good grass. Votes: 0
David TepperI would change policy, bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world. Votes: 1 Bill Lee
Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life. Votes: 4 Joseph Conrad
That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice. Votes: 1 Garth Brooks
May you live to see the green grass growing over your grave. Votes: 2 Frank R. Stockton
Of course the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Why do you think the neighbors put up the fence? Votes: 5 Teresa Bloomingdale
I liked back in the sixties where you'd turn on the radio and go 'Oh that's Hendrix, that's Creedence Clearwater, that's The Doors, there's The Grass Roots, The Monkees, there's Big Brother.' You could just instantly hear it and tell. But in the eighties and nineties there's no way you could do that. Votes: 4 Creed Bratton
They came down on us because we had a grass-roots, real people's revolution, complete with the programs, complete with the unity, complete with the working coalitions, where we crossed racial lines. Votes: 2 Bobby Seale
What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball. Votes: 2 Bill Shankly
One of my favorite passages in 'Leaves of Grass,' that breathless, exuberant poem so rich and full of innocence and joy and generosity and compassion, is 'Mannahatta.' Votes: 1 Cathleen Schine
So said Tochihuitzin,so said Coyolchiuhqui:We come out of the dream suddenly,we only come to dream,it isn't true, it isn't truethat we come to live on the earth.Like grass in springis our being.Our heart makes them grow,flowers sprout from our flesh.Some open their corollas,then they become dry.So said Tochihuitzin. Votes: 3 Nezahualcóyotl