“My daddy was a farmer, and for over fifty years, he worked our farm with sweat and blood, . . . and watered it with tears.” ~ R.C. Frazier (from the poem, “My Daddy Was a Farmer”) Quoted in Chapter 19 (The Drought of 1980) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.
William Shakespeare Quote
“. . . for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” ~ William Shakespeare (Hamlet Act 2, Scene 2) Quoted in Chapter 11 (Unintended Consequences) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.
George Singleton Quote
“You do not have to explain every single drop of water contained in a rain barrel. You have to explain one drop–H20. The reader will get it.” ~ George Singleton Quoted in Chapter 4 (The Necessity of Brevity) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.
Maya Angelou Quote
“Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.” ~ Maya Angelou Quoted in Chapter 15 (Singing the Blues) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.
Homer Simpson Quote
“Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie, and one to listen” ~ Homer Simpson Quoted in Chapter 17 (The Skeptical Farmer) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.
Liam Callanan Quote
“We all carry, inside us, people who came before us.” ~ Liam Callanan Quoted in Chapter 16 (The Stoic Farmer) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.
Woody Allen Quote
“I bought her this handkerchief, and I didn’t even know her size.” ~ Woody Allen Quoted in Chapter 14 (Hand Me a Handkerchief) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.
Quote about Subsidies
“Subsidies are like mother’s milk to a baby: wonderful to start and worrisome to stop.” ~ R.C. Frazier Quoted in Chapter 9 (The Ultimate Farm Subsidy Program) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.
Quote about Growth
“When you know more, you grow more.” ~ R.C. Frazier Quoted in Chapter 2 (Faith, Facts, and Fiction) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.
Daniel Webster Quote
“When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.” ~ Daniel Webster Quoted in Chapter 12 (Bye Bye Subsidy) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.
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