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

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

Farmer Quotes

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

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.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

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

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 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.

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

Agriculture is at the core of the state.

Agriculture is at the core of the state.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

To make agriculture sustainable, the grower has got to be able to make a profit.

To make agriculture sustainable, the grower has got to be able to make a profit.

I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.

I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.