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"The suburbs are incredibly stifling. I couldn't wait to get out. Everything looks the same, and everyone does the same thing. You get your house, you cut your lawn, you drive your kids to soccer practice."
"I like a decent funeral, and I like a decent gravestone. And a guy in a suit. And a weeping widow. I like a lawn. I like to think maybe I'll get a little plot of land, and my very own patch of lawn, so at least I can lie there and moan."
"The more business decisions you make, the easier they become. It's like getting used to hot water. When you step into a hot bath it seems scalding, but you get used to it. The same is true with business. Making difficult decisions becomes easier as you go along. You get used to it. If you don't make decisions, you stagnate. Like a lawn, you need to be mowed."
"We seem to be heading for a state of affairs in which the United States may be able to exert influence, but not outright control, over events. It will be a messy world, filled with independent actors (some of them states, some of them not) who possess the capacity to cause significant problems for America. America will find it difficult to get its way and will be forced to devote increasing attention to the concerns of others. It's like trying to mow a lawn in which the grass keeps growing."
"We want to encourage investors to invest in Britain, to build factories, to create jobs. That's why we've got the lowest corporation tax in the G20. And we want to encourage people to come here, work hard, pay their taxes, contribute to our society. But the idea that you can just turn up and we'll cut your grass, pay your benefits, is not right. That's why we're tightening up on benefits."
"I'm still very grateful to my folks. I mean, they gave me a roof over my head and food on the table - I can't complain about that. And they provided a good example to me: They were hard-working people. My dad was a union guy; he was a milkman. He delivered milk. He worked five days a week, and he delivered milk. That was his job. And my mom worked at home, raised us kids, and she worked hard at that. So I really appreciate what they did for me, and they provided me with a good example of how to live your life and how to work hard for what you want."
"Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor."
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"There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally."
"A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule."
"A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit."
"A perfect lawn is the sign of a mind laid waste by consumerism."
"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect."
"Golf is a good walk spoiled."
"I find some of the extreme environmentalist groups a bit over the top."
"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it."
"Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty."
"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."
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"The Earth is what we all have in common."
"What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?"
"The lawn is an icon; it’s like the American flag on a pole. It’s not an ecological statement; it’s a status symbol."
"There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments."
