Dirt Quotes - Page 22

Gentlemen cherish worth; the vulgar cherish dirt. Gentlemen trust in justice; the vulgar trust in favor.

Confucius

Justice, Gentleman, Favors

Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.

Teresa of Avila

Noble, Bricks, Arguing

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You only need to lose track of who you are, or who you thought you were supposed to be, so that you end up lying flat on the dirt floor basement of your heart. Do this, Jesus says, and you will live.

Barbara Brown Taylor

Jesus, Lying, Heart

Barbara Brown Taylor (2011). “Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith”, p.11, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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Perhaps we are looking at this from a wrong perspective; this search for the truth, the meaning of life, the reason of God. We all have this mindset that the answers are so complex and so vast that it is almost impossible to comprehend. I think, on the contrary, that the answers are so simple; so simple that it is staring us straight in the face, screaming its lungs out, and yet we fail to notice it. We're looking through a telescope, searching the stars for the answer, when the answer is actually a speck of dirt on the telescope lens.

Jason Calacanis

Life, Stars, Simple

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(About sweeping).... What he was in FACT doing was moving the dirt around with a broom, to give it a change of scenery and a chance to make new friends.

Terry Pratchett

Moving, Giving, Facts

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Maybe the first time you saw her you were ten. She was standing in the sun scratching her legs. Or tracing letters in the dirt with a stick. Her hair was being pulled. Or she was pulling someone's hair. And a part of you was drawn to her, and a part of you resisted--wanting to ride off on your bicycle, kick a stone, remain uncomplicated. In the same breath you felt the strength of a man, and a self-pity that made you feel small and hurt. Part of you thought: Please don't look at me. If you don't, I can still turn away. And part of you thought: Look at me.

Nicole Krauss

Hurt, Men, Hair

Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.57, W. W. Norton & Company

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I'm a tomboy at the end of the day, so anything that causes me to have to run around, fight people, roll in the dirt, hop a fence - I'm all for it. So I really would love to do an action film.

Emayatzy E. Corinealdi

Running, Fighting, People

"One on One with Emayatzy Corinealdi of 'Middle of Nowhere'". Interview with Jasmin Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. September 26, 2012.

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I see things, that's all. Write enough stories and every shadow on the floor looks like a footprint; every line in the dirt like a secret message.

Stephen King

Writing, Secret, Shadow

Stephen King (1999). “Bag Of Bones: A Novel”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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...and again she wished for Sherwood, and the dappled roof of leaves that never weighed upon her. She pulled her scarf closer around her and thought, I would rather live in a hut in the woods; a hut like the one of my first memories, with a clean-swept dirt floor, and a brown-eyed boy watching me from behind his mother's skirts as I watched him from behind mine.

Robin McKinley

Mother, Memories, Boys

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Where there is dirt there is system. Dirt is the byproduct of a systematic ordering and classification of matter.

Mary Douglas

Systematic, Matter, Materials

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Some visualize the Pistols era in shades of black and white. It wasn't. Actually, the colors I envision are neon or army dirt green with fluorescent pink--anything that would annoy."

John Lydon

Black And White, Army, Color

John Lydon, Keith Zimmerman, Kent Zimmerman (2014). “Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs”, p.113, Picador

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That isn’t about money, fame, or power. It’s about will, dedication, commitment, and knowing your self-worth. You can be poor as dirt and have those traits. Money can’t buy you values. You just need to know what is important to you and then feel secure in your pursuit to achieve that.

Jennifer Hudson

Money, Commitment, Dedication

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In elementary and middle school, I threw kids against the wall. I rubbed their heads in the dirt at recess. I bit them. I even knocked teeth out.

Russell Wilson

Wall, School, Kids

"Wilson's an ideal role model". www.foxnews.com. January 28, 2015.

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Success is failure with the dirt brushed off.

Mamie McCullough

Sports, Motivational Sports

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I like to serve chocolate cake, because it doesn't show the dirt.

Phyllis Diller

Food, Cake, Chocolate

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He pivoted, gaze following me as I crossed to the shower and turned on the cold water, so it would drown out our conversation without steaming up the room. Great," he muttered."Now they're going to think we're showering together. Maybe we can just tell them we were washing off the crawl space dirt and trying to conserve water.

Kelley Armstrong

Thinking, Space, Water

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The sun glistened on a drop of water as it fell from his hand to his knee. David wiped it off, but it left no tidemark: there was no more dirt to rub away. He took a deep breath and shivered. He was David. Everything else was washed away, the camp, its smell, its touch--and now he was David, his own master, free--free as long as he could remain so.

Anne Holm

Hands, Smell, Water

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The other mammoths were as protective of the dying as they were of newborns, and they gathered around tying to make the fallen one get up. When all was over, they buried the dead ancestor under piles of dirt, grass, leaves, or snow. Mammoths were even known to bury other dead animals, including humans.

Jean M. Auel

Animal, Snow, Dying

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Claiming my right to follow whethersoever science should lead... it is as respectable to be modified monkey as modified dirt.

Thomas Huxley

Respect, Thinking, Monkeys

"Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest". Book by Adrian Desmond (p. 253), 1994.

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I used to dirt bike a lot. I can't do that anymore. Can't eat a whole lot of chocolate anymore, either. I can't be in 'Indiana Jones' and be a fatso!

Shia LaBeouf

Chocolate, Dirt Bikes, Indiana

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sometimes you get run down. sometimes life throws dirt in your eyes and it stings and you can't see for a few minutes. even after you get it out your eyes are all red and your vision is shitty... but eventually, whether through tears or maybe just time... you start to see even clearer than before. life is not always good. which is why music exists. why i believe God exists. and why there's always a pint of coconut milk ice cream in my freezer.

Hayley Williams

Running, Believe, Eye

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modern people have seen too many chemicals and are ready to go back to eating dirt.

Mark Kurlansky

People, Eating, Modern

Mark Kurlansky (2003). “Salt: A World History”, p.294, Penguin

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Mud, rubbish and dirt are man's companions all his life; shouldn't they be precious to him, and isn't one doing man's service to remind him of their beauty?

Jean Dubuffet

Beauty, Men, Mud

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Do not consider any act of service as demeaning. Sweeping the streets, for example, is not below your dignity. Do you not sweep the floor of your homes? Do you not scrub and wash off dirt? When you undertake such tasks, the villagers will also gladly share in them. Why feel ashamed to be good? The ridicule that may be cast on you has been the reward of many saints. It will soon fade away. Muhammad was driven out of Mecca by those who could not appreciate his teachings. Jesus was crucified. But their names resound in the heart of millions.

Sathya Sai Baba

Jesus, Teaching, Heart

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Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.

Alexander Pope

Hair, Devil, Amber

'An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot' (1735) l. 169

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