(148 quotes found)
“The rocks of the original soil, he wrote, are arranged in perpendicular layers or inclined towards the horizon. They are composed of quartz, granite, shale, slate and talcose.”
Antoine Lavoisier
“Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.”
Ezra Pound
“Wash your soiled linen in private”
Napoleon Bonaparte
“Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.”
James Joyce
“The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.”
Nikolai Gogol
“A human being isn't an orchid, he must draw something from the soil he grows in”
Sara Jeannette Duncan
“Little seedlings never flourish in the soil they have been given, be it ever so excellent, if they are continually pulled up to see if the roots are grateful yet”
Bertha Damon
“Beyond its practical aspects, gardening - be it of the soil or soul - can lead us on a philosophical and spiritual exploration that is nothing less than a journey into the depths of our own sacredness and the sacredness of all beings.”
Christopher Forrest McDowell
“I think Bush is a murderer. ... I'm going to head the march against him stepping foot on Argentine soil.”
Diego Maradona
“Most antibiotics used by humans are produced by fungi and certain soil bacteria.”
Michael Zasloff
