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- Nov 07, 2020
Farmer Quotes
Rooted in patience and hard work.
These quotes capture farming life through humor and honesty, from playful comparisons to a working season split between sport and soil. Related themes continue in our Family collection.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a ball player in the summer and a farmer in the winter time, and I aim to be a success at both professions.
- Drought
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- Nov 07, 2020
Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all.
- Empty
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Buying from a local farmer can mean that he makes a two-hour extra truck drive, which can damage the environment more than a bunch of bananas on a boat.
- Rain
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain?
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big meetings and big talk are not enough in a world that is hungry for change. Big action - world leaders keeping their promises, and developing countries committing resources while listening ardently to the voice of the small farmer - is needed to bring big results and prosperity to the world's poor.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somewhere in Rwanda, a rural farmer is dreaming of providing an education for her children. Not just high school, but maybe even a university degree. Such a dream used to seem out of reach.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would supplant the ox with the automobile and pave instead of plowing the fields. 1 have a theory that if a corn field were paved, leaving out a brick for each hill, it would increase the yield, do away entirely with the mud, and give the farmer plenty of time to meditate on lofty subjects. That is only one theory. I have many others.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are quick to say with their mouth full, 'Well, the American farmer is on the dole.' But a loaf of bread is two bucks when it could be 10 bucks. I know what it is with the government in my business. We would be all for not having government in our business, but we need a fair system.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I may not be a polished politician, but as a lifelong farmer, I know that most problems can be solved with a little common sense.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The goal of any farmer, after producing enough to feed his own family, has always been to find the best place to sell the year's crop.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether some may like it or not, I am still the farmer that I was born as and will continue to be one.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our father was a farmer and an entrepreneur as well as a musician, and we're pleased to deliver the fine taste of Jamaican coffee and our family's heritage to people everywhere through Marley's One Drop.
- Nov 07, 2020