The way I see it, the difference between farmers and suburbanites is the difference in the way we feel about dirt. To them, the earth is something to be respected and preserved, but dirt gets no respect. A farmer likes dirt. Suburbanites like to get rid of it. Dirt is the working layer of earth, and dealing with dirt is as much a part of farm life as dealing with manure. Neither is user-friendly but both are necessary.

I've been the oldest child since before you were born

Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking.

Can you know excellence if you've never seen it? Can you know good if you have seen only bad?

Nathan, how can you stand playing the same piece over and over again?" And Grandpa Nate answered, "Why don't you ask me how I can stand making love to the same woman over and over again?

Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.

Because way down deep they know that civilized people have to preserve rare birds.