(11 quotes found)
“I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.”
Henry David Thoreau
“To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do”
Charles Dudley Warner
“Earth is here so kind [Australia], that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.”
Douglas Jerrold
“If they quit helping us, we'll have a hard row to hoe. We think that we're doing the right thing by maintaining the building, making it available for the city and honoring our ancestors.”
Clarke Maughan
“With outstretched hoe I slew him at the door, / And taught him NEVER TO COME THERE NO MORE.”
William Cowper
“Now, looking at the album, the finished product, it's been a tough row to hoe to get to the end of this, but all of those things we've gone through has made this album better.”
Heidi Newfield
“She was up against it to begin with and she still has an extremely tough row to hoe. It certainly helps, but in and of itself it is not a savior of a campaign when there are significant problems. She's lost some of the best consultants in the country and money can't replace that.”
Jim Dornan
“Digital TV is going to have a tough row to hoe, because TV sets are so cheap right now.”
Dan Taylor
“We're getting optimistic, and we are long-term investor.”
Lily Chatterjee
“Trying to turn a hoe into a housewife is like turning a tiger into a house cat.”
Barava Khashoo
