Grass Is Greener Quotes

• If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.

  Debbie Macomber

  Envy, Water, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side

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• Even if you think the grass is greener on the other side, you’re going to have to mow that side too.

  Joyce Meyer

  Thinking, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side, Sides

  Twitter post from Sep 19, 2012

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• But the grass ain't always greener on the other side, It's green where you water it

  Justin Bieber

  Water, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side, Sides

  Song: As Long As You Love Me Acoustic Version, Album: Believe Acoustic, 2013

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• If the grass is greener on the other side it`s probably getting better care. Success is a matter of sticking to a set of common sense principles anyone can master.

  Earl Nightingale

  Common Sense, Get Better, Principles

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• The grass is always greener over the septic tank.

  Erma Bombeck

  Tanks, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side, Grass Is Always Greener

  Erma Bombeck (2014). “Es darf auch mal Champagner sein”, p.2, Edel:Books

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• If the grass is greener somewhere else...start watering your own lawn!

  Michael Beckwith

  Somewhere Else, Grass, Lawns

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• If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.

  Nicky Gumbel

  Encouragement, Looks, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side

  Twitter post from Apr 03, 2013

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• The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.

  Robert Fulghum

  Water, Care, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side

  Robert Fulghum (2010). “It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It”, p.160, Ivy Books

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• Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence.

  Douglas Adams

  Funny, Humor, Race

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• It's not that the grass is greener on the other side, it's that you can never be on both sides of the lawn at the same time.

  Laura Fraser

  Grass Is Greener On The Other Side, Sides, Lawns

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• Where the grass is greener, the water bill is bigger.

  Rick Warren

  Jealousy, Water, Advice

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Jul 16, 2013

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• The grass isn't always greener on the other side!

  Ricky Gervais

  Grass Is Greener On The Other Side, Sides, Grass Growing

  "Fictional character: David Brent". "The Office (TV Series) Motivation", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• Of course the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Why do you think the neighbors put up the fence?

  Teresa Bloomingdale

  Thinking, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side, Sides

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• In New York the sky is bluer, and the grass is greener, and the girls are prettier, and the steaks are thicker, and the buildings are higher, and the streets are wider, and the air is finer, than the sky, or the grass, or the girls, or the steaks, or the air of any place else in the world.

  Edna Ferber

  Girl, New York, Air

  Edna Ferber (2015). “Buttered Side Down”, p.103, Booklassic

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• I was always a 'grass is greener' kind of guy.

  Joe Buck

  Guy, Kind, Grass

  Source: thebiglead.com

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• A lot of people are always striving for bigger and better. People are always wondering if the grass is greener and then they'll​ start hearing things or meeting other people.

  Chrissy Teigen

  Hearing Things, People, Bigger And Better

  Source: adrinkwith.com

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• The grass is not always greener on the other side. You learn to appreciate these people.

  Kevin Durant

  Inspirational, Basketball, Mvp

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• Everybody thinks the grass is greener on the other side. If you talk to most artists, they think they can play something, you know, "If I had stayed playing football in high school, if I had been doing basketball..." Everybody's got their fantasies and thinks the grass is greener. It's not. It's not.

  Ice Cube

  Basketball, Football, School

  "Ice Cube: 'I don't shed any tears' for Donald Sterling". Interview with Michael Huang, www.espn.com. August 7, 2015.

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• If the grass is greener in the other fellow's yard- let him worry about cutting it.

  Fred Allen

  Uplifting, Cutting, Worry

  Fred Allen (2016). “Treadmill to Oblivion”, p.121, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• I love being married. I love my husband. I think married people always have that thing where they think that the grass is greener on the single side, but all my single friends are like, "Trust me, you don't want to have to actually interact with these people."

  Aisha Tyler

  Husband, Love Is, Thinking

  "Aisha Tyler Is a Woman Men Can't Help But Love". Interview with Paul Schrodt, www.esquire.com. May 28, 2014.

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• When you're winning the grass is greener, the cigars are sweeter and the girls are better looking!

  Mark Grace

  Girl, Winning, Cigar

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• The contract stuff just happens to be a coincidence to me. I always play every game as if my back is against the wall. That's always something that has been good to me since high school. A lot of people believe the grass is greener on the other side, but I'm not one of those people. It wouldn't be my choice to leave, but the Seahawks know that.

  Shaun Alexander

  Wall, Believe, School

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