Dirt Quotations

The terrible thing about sunlight is it shows the dirt.

The whole drive of western culture, the part of it which is serious, is towards an extreme objectification. It's carried to the point where the human subject is treated almost as if it's dirt in the works of a watch.

At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are.

We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.

My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty on the villain.

What happened was I saw this ad for a yogurt plant for sale. It was in my junk mail pile, and I threw it into the garbage can. And then about half an hour later, with the dirt on it, I picked it up from the garbage can, and I called out of curiosity.

People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.

I've always believed that if you don't stay moving, they will throw dirt on you.

I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.

Sometimes it takes a brush with eternity - a crash, an illness, some shock to the system - to get you really thinking about what you want to do with your limited time here, and why you're living on this wobbling dirt clod in the first place.

I've come to realize how much it really was a part of my upbringing, the Georgia part. We were away from town. It was just dirt and trees and spouses. And a lot of kids - my cousins, who were all like brothers and sisters to me - just a lot of kids at one time.

Until they put that sand and dirt in my face I will not sit in church all day.

The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass... Wet grass is slippery

I was raised by my grandmother on a farm, where we were really poor - we had dirt floors - but so did everybody else.

Granny beads are what they're called when a grandma works the garden all day - you always see them - they have a handkerchief around their neck with a lot of dust on them, and then the sweat will go down and make these black beads of sweat and dirt around their neck. And that's what they call granny beads.

During my adolescence, our family dwelt in rural Alaska. We were dirt poor, Depression-era poor. Tarpaper shack and kerosene lamps. In those days I read because that's all I had. I wrote because that's all I had.

The best way poor people can come out of their poverty is to get on the global highway, not on some dirt side road.

As soon as the dirt is hitting the casket, it'll all be forgotten.

We are borrowing money from future generations. We are borrowing the carbon impact, the resource impact from future generations to get stuff cheap now. We have swept the dirt and dust from our society under the carpet - but this carpet is on other side of the planet.

I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.

I grew up on a dirt road in Maine, and pretty much everybody on that dirt road was related to me, and they were old. And so grumpy.

Gardening gloves are for sissies. I always have dirt under my nails.

We were just covered in dirt the whole time. It was so hot - and that was in winter. I can not imagine what it's like in summer and how the people who actually live out there survive.

My parents had a gardener when I was growing up, and he and I would dig in the dirt together - my mom and dad were definitely not digging with me! When I was 5, he helped me plant some corn in our backyard, and I remember how fascinating it was to watch it grow. Little did I know that 50 years later I'd be growing corn in a different way.

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.

I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.

I'm a dirt road out in the country kind of person, but I remember thinking, I could live in Chicago.

Lets not push it under the rug, or push it to the side because, no matter what, it's going to keep coming up. You know, if you never deal with that dirt up under the carpet, it's going to get larger and larger, and it's going to keep coming up.

The mammoth was basically done in by climate change. The last ones survived on Wrangel Island, north of Chukotka, until 3,700 years ago. According to Eveny mythology, mammoths scooped up dirt with their tusks to form the first dry land.

I'm not a good hipster - if I let my moustache grow for weeks, it just looks like I have dirt on my face. I'll never have a glorious handlebar moustache.

I grew up with horses and cattle, running around on dirt hills with this real sense of space. We didn't have neighbours - well, the nearest ones were kilometres away.

I dish the dirt out, and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it? In 20 years, I have taken any number of stories, most of which are not true, without a murmur of complaint. But some stories you have to draw the line and say No.

Robots already perform many functions, from making cars to defusing bombs - or, more menacingly, firing missiles. Children and adults play with toy robots, while vacuum-cleaning robots are sucking up dirt in a growing number of homes and - as evidenced by YouTube videos - entertaining cats.

The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty - not marble floors and foundations.

I grew up on two wheels in the dirt.

I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt.

I dish the dirt out and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it?

Any character can find an audience and work if you have passion for that character. You might have to just scrape off the dirt and the barnacles and pull it out and highlight it.

The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.

On a dirt bike, when you're sizing up a jump, you can't have any second thoughts. You have to fully commit. If you don't, a lot of things can go wrong.

I tell people, 'I was born in a little house at the dead end of a dirt road that had no name and no number, and you can go anywhere from nowhere.'

I regard the theater as a woman I loved dearly who treated me like dirt.

What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the dirt and, once you see something, you dig.

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

The yogi should meditate on a firm seat, one that is clean - untainted by dirt or unspiritual vibrations of others. The thought or life force emanating from an individual saturates the objects he uses and his dwelling.

I don't take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt... I hate them.

I fly myself everywhere. I like all kinds of flying, including practical flying for search and rescue. And I also like to fly into the backcountry, usually the Frank Church Wilderness in Idaho. I go with a group of friends, and we set up camp for about five days and explore little dirt strips and canyons.

I don't keep diaries anymore; They're quite incriminating. I just keep all the dirt road diaries in my head.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

Whether you are a low-income elderly woman living at the end of a dirt road in Vermont or a wealthy CEO living on Park Avenue, you get your mail six days a week. And you pay for this service at a cost far less than anywhere else in the industrialized world.

When you walk off the train from New York, you see this dirt parking lot with deep ruts and tractor-trailers with graffiti on them. Welcome to New Brunswick.

Work is under way on all of those projects, in some form or fashion. Even though you haven't seen any dirt move, we have been working on these projects, in some form or fashion, ever since the SPLOST passed.

we feel the dirt on it could be somebody's ashes.

We're hopeful to see dirt flying in August.

Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should

Got more dirt than ball. Here we go again.

The love of dirt is among the earliest of passions, as it is the latest.

We have, instead (of soot and dirt), disorganization. We have this proliferation of goods. It's the disease of the time.

If dirt were trumps, what hands you would hold!

I always believe in living in the country, because that's where what I eat is what I can put back in the dirt.

My Turn is the distilled bathwater of Mrs. Reagan's life. It is for the most part sweetish, with a tart edge of rebuke, but disappointingly free of dirt or particulate matter of any kind.

We did reminder emails for sales campaigns we had sent via email. They were dirt cheap, not a lot of work, and increased conversions by 50%.

We have had a few key errors that have allowed the other teams to score runs. We have only been outside for four games (before last Wednesday) ... so I have to believe that with more time playing on a dirt field that we will fine-tune the defense and we will eliminate those errors.

Recall that whatever lofty things you might accomplish today, you will do them only because you first ate something that grew out of the dirt.

We are taking spoonfuls or handfuls of dirt or water and we aren't disturbing the environment or depleting the resources in any way.

I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else

When the magnet does not attract the needle, the fault lies in the dirt that covers up the needle.

Whatever you have to say, leave The roots on, let them Dangle And the dirt Just to make clear Where they come from.

Leaving a lot of movie sets, I've gone home and said, 'How come my hands are clean?' I should finish something and go home with dirt in my fingernails, because then you really feel that you've done something.

She's trained on both turf and dirt. She trained on dirt before she ever ran in her maiden race. I wish I could say for sure that she'll take to it but we'll just have to see and thought this was a good opportunity.

She didn't like the dirt in her face and started jumping around. She started to close strongly at the three-eighths pole but then started jumping around again.

She's a hard-trying filly. I've ridden her on dirt and grass and she always seems to try hard. The more I took hold of her, the more she kept running. I never hit her and she ran a good race. I've had good luck with this filly in the past and she's coming back around.

Most of us believe that dirt is good for our kids, but some of us are wary of the grass in the parks, which may or may not have been treated with toxic chemicals.

One of the biggest benefits of this product is its longevity. The seamless quality eliminates any opportunity for moisture, dirt or bugs to get in. The siding never needs to be painted or stained. The color looks as good after 20 years as it did when it was first installed.

If we have normal afternoon rains, it won't affect construction. They can continue driving piles. It may impact dirt work if it's raining hard.

I don't know why they would be nervous around me, ... They way they hit the ball, I got intimidated. They hit it so far it was unreal. It was fun. They're good young players. They knocked the dirt out of that thing.

I live on a dirt road. I like living on a dirt road.

I have a lot of dirt and glass on the ground in my room, but everything is still there. Some people lost their whole rooms.

I have a vase with the first scoop of dirt under my desk. This is a dream come true for me and I know Navarro College will benefit this community for years to come.

I have mud all along the front of my house. There are inches of dirt inside my window sills, and they're always shut. We can't even open our garage, the dirt is so deep. I rent my house and my carpets are ruined. I'm not going to get my deposit back.

If (a racer) gets a chance to race more, he'll do a better job for you. If they put themselves in a situation with good equipment, it doesn't worry me. What worries me is the off-the-track stuff. Carl Edwards is off jumping dirt bikes now. That worries me.

If all goes well we hope to break dirt sometime this spring.

For most Americans, spring is a great time to clean and freshen up their home. They are getting rid of a winter's worth of dust, dirt and grime. Of course, people also appreciate that there are significant physical and emotional benefits to keeping a clean house all year long.

I always thought that her life could go differently, as long as you're on the right side of the dirt that it can happen,

He would dig up dirt on any celebrity who might be a potential client. Then he would tell the celebrities about the bad news floating around, and he'd get them to hire him for protection.

He had the homes up on pedestals with no dirt around them for backyards. You couldn't drive down the driveway and into the garage because there was something like a 6 or 8 foot difference.

Hail is dirt particles that water forms on and freezes. The ionic pressure from the cannons keeps it from forming when we've got storms. They go off, and we don't have hail. We've had hail out on the highway in front of the plant, but not at the plant.

He has the Mr. Prospector/A.P. Indy cross that's worked so well. He's a horse I think is unique in that he's going to appeal to Americans and Europeans. He's got a real loose walk, and he looks like he could go either way, dirt or turf. But he's got enough hip and he's stout enough where he could be a Derby horse, too.

He goes on the dirt at home and he has raced on the dirt in Dubai, so he knows it,

He may very well have wanted the dirt to use against Stallone. Maybe Stallone crossed him. I don't know. But I never asked questions.

The people who are chosen have a great opportunity. Right now, it doesn't look too special - a lot of dirt and snow in piles - but it's going to be incredible.

God made them? You think God made them? Did God call White Flower Farm and order the bulbs? Did God put it on his credit card? Did God dig holes for the bulbs in the fall and mix bone meal in the dirt to feed them and cover them with mulch in the winter? If you think God did that, you're an idiot!

He's a tough dirt horse. The Japanese media are just going mad about him.

Hopefully they'll run out of dirt to dig up. I don't know if anything positive will come out of it anyway.

We made more money on dirt than we ever did on tobacco. Selling dirt is the best way to get money.

Hurricane Katrina, the Mother Earthers say, is the result of the failed environmental policies of the Bush administration. This disaster is because the United States has not agreed to abide by the Kyoto Treaty protocols. According to those who worship the spinning dirt at the altar of Kyoto, their god, the environment, has exacted justice through Hurricane Katrina.

He was sitting all over it. It was going to bounce in the dirt if he doesn't hit it. Can't really guard against that. You just have to tip your cap.

He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her. But when he kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the preacher said, ""Dust to dust,"" some people laughed, and the cowboy shot them. At his hanging, he told the others, ""I'll be waiting for you in heaven--with a gun.

He didn't lift a single scoop of dirt from my back yard.