Agriculture is at the core of the state.

The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

Weeding is as necessary to agriculture as sowing.

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer.

Agriculture is a fundamental source of national prosperity.

It is thus with farming: if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

Cultivators are the most valuable citizens…they are tied to their country.

I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.

I’m a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice.

Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can’t hurry the crops or make an ox in two days.

The farmer hopes for rain, the walker hopes for sunshine, and the gods hesitate.

The corn is not choked by the weeds but by the negligence of the farmer.

Frankly, any city person who doesn’t think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn’t deserve my special food.

I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn’t make any money.

I’m still a farm boy at heart. If I hadn’t suffered from asthma as a child, I would be a farmer today.

The farmer is a born philosopher, the aristocrat has to learn how.

There is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song.

If you tickle the earth with a hoe she laughs with a harvest.