Corn Quotes

So that's us: processed corn, walking. (Michael Pollan)
Corn is the sinews of war. View quote
François Rabelais
The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe. View quote
Torquato Tasso
And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. View quote
Jonathan Swift
A light wind swept over the corn; and all nature laughed in the sunshine. View quote
Anne Brontë
The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down. View quote
Helen Hunt Jackson
Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism. View quote
James Woolsey
I eat nothing that's processed or refined - no high-fructose corn syrup, no sugar, no trans-fats. I eat a lot of fish and monounsaturated fats from olives, olive oil and nuts. A lot of organic, fresh fruits and vegetables. No bread. No gluten. No wheat. No rice. View quote
Dean Karnazes
It was necessary to have an even depth of corn on the top compared to the sides, so the air would not take the easiest route and not evenly dry the stored corn. View quote
Orville Redenbacher
In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage. (Orville Redenbacher)
The price of corn will naturally rise with the difficulty of producing the last portions of it. View quote
David Ricardo
If I discover a manure which will enable me to make a piece of land produce 20 per cent more corn, I may withdraw at least a portion of my capital from the most unproductive part of my farm. View quote
David Ricardo
A BOUNTY on the exportation of corn tends to lower its price to the foreign consumer, but it has no permanent effect on its price in the home market. View quote
David Ricardo
When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day. When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone, you should summon your overseer the next day, and should call for a report of what work has been done in good season and why it has not been possible to complete the rest, and what wine and corn and other crops have been gathered. View quote
Cato the Elder
In this country, some aristocratic families automatically categorize persons with dark skin, thick lips, and kinky hair as "Barias" [Amharic for slave]... let it be clear to everybody that I shall soon make these ignoramuses stoop and grind corn! View quote
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Out of 30,000 edible plants thought to exist on earth, just eleven account for 93% of all that humans eat: oats, corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, yucca (also called tapioca or cassava), sorghum, millet, beans, barley, and rye. View quote
Daniel Levitin
The corn was orient and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting. View quote
Thomas Traherne
You see, my children, when the corn is ripe it must be cut; when the wine is drawn it must be drunk. View quote
Alphonse Daudet
You know they call corn-on-the-cob "corn-on-the-cob," right? But that's how it comes out of the ground, man. They should call that "corn", and they should call every other version "corn-off-the-cob." It's not like if you cut off my arm you would call my arm "Mitch", but then reattach it and call it "Mitch-all-together." View quote
Mitch Hedberg
We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel. (Bobby Jindal)
The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow, he cannot make business good; although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way. View quote
William Howard Taft
Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate, Whose table once a Guest, but not The second time, is set. Whose crumbs the crows inspect, And with ironic caw Flap past it to the Farmer's corn; Men eat of it and die. View quote
Emily Dickinson
Until a man might travel twelve stout miles, Or reap an acre of his neighbor's corn. View quote
William Wordsworth
The horseman serves the horse, The neatherd serves the neat, The merchant serves the purse, The eater serves his meat; 'T is the day of the chattel, Web to weave, and corn to grind; Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson