Grass Is Always Greener Quotes

• 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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• 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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• The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. The grass is greenest where it is watered.

  Robert Fulghum

  Grass Is Greener On The Other Side, Sides, Fence

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• When you are tempted to look elsewhere for greener pastures, just remember someone else is probably looking at yours. And if another pasture looks greener, perhaps it is getting better care and attention. Grass is always greener . . . where it is watered.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Justice, Temptation, Get Better

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• Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

  Robert Collier

  Lying, Opportunity, Giving

  Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.176, Simon and Schuster

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• The grass is always greener over the septic tank.

  Erma Bombeck

  Tanks, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side, Grass

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

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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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• The grass is always greener. You think how wonderful it would be to be someone else, but I don't think I would like it. I'm thrilled to observe other people, but I don't want to be in their shoes. If I got there, I might find it not quite what I expected, and it would break my illusion, and I don't want that!

  Marti Webb

  Thinking, Shoes, People

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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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• 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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• Remember, the grass is always greener where you don't happen to be the neighbor.

  Groucho Marx

  Life, Remember, Neighbor

  Groucho Marx (2007). “The Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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• Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

  Rachel Field

  Happiness, Oasis, Desert

  Rachel Field (1946). “And Now Tomorrow”

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• The grass is always greener once you don't have to mow a lawn anymore.

  R. K. Milholland

  Maturity, Grass, Lawns

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• You know how they say the grass is always greener on the other side? It is greener, because you're not there. And if you go you'll trample it and leave dirty footprints and probably spill something poisonous.

  Ekaterina Sedia

  Dirty, Sides, Footprint

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• In the story shoes are just a metaphor for what these girls go through...the grass is always greener and everyone always wants to be in somebody else's shoes; they don't want to be in their own.

  Cameron Diaz

  Girl, Shoes, Want

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• We can better see what we don't have. The other man's grass is always greener and now we can actually go and visit his grass much more and feel the absence of green in our own lives.

  Pico Iyer

  Men, Green, Absence

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• My weekends are spent hidden in the woods, and then I have to come back and pretend to be this very upper-crust insurance investigator. But, I mean, duality's nice. You never get bored. You can't say the grass is always greener if you're in both backyards.

  Hilarie Burton

  Nice, Mean, Weekend

  FaceBook post by Hilarie Burton from Aug 04, 2016

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• I guess the grass is always greener elsewhere.

  Gilles Marini

  Grass, Elsewhere, Greener

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• The grass is always greener on the other side, unless Vince Russo has been there in which case the grass is most likely dead.

  Jim Cornette

  Wrestling, Sides, Grass

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• The grass is always greener around the fire hydrant.

  Jeff Rich

  Fire, Grass, Greener

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• People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener.

  Helen Mirren

  People, Answers, Film

  "Q&A: Helen Mirren and Nicholas Hytner". Interview with David Cote, www.timeout.com. June 23, 2009.

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• My guess is that most Australians today would vote for Babe. A piglet who dreams of being a statesmanlike sheepdog. Who merely by asking politely, can lead the electorate two by two through the gate where the grass is always greener.

  Wendy Harmer

  Dream, Women, Two

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• If dragons were common, and you could look at one in the zoo - but zebras were a rare legendary creature that had finally been decided to be mythical - then there's a certain sort of person who would ignore dragons, who would never bother to look at dragons, and chase after rumors of zebras. The grass is always greener on the other side of reality. Which is rather setting ourselves up for eternal disappointment, eh? If we cannot take joy in the merely real, our lives shall be empty indeed.

  Eliezer Yudkowsky

  Zoos, Zebras, Disappointment

  "Joy in the Merely Real". Summary of the Joy In The Merely Real sequence, wiki.lesswrong.com. October 2009.

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• The grass is always greener when it's covered in money.

  Craig Benzine

  Grass, Greener, Covered

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• When I do stand-up for a long time, I'll get burned out, then I'll get an acting gig. For me, the grass is always greener. I'd like to do a mixture of all of it. My goal is just to do small movies that I've written. That's what I'm trying to do now, just write smaller movies.

  Zach Galifianakis

  Writing, Long, Goal

  Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. March 7, 2007.

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