Greener Quotes

• 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. You learn to appreciate these people.

  Kevin Durant

  Inspirational, Basketball, Mvp

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• Where the grass is greener, the water bill is bigger.

  Rick Warren

  Jealousy, Water, Advice

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Jul 16, 2013

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• Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence.

  Douglas Adams

  Funny, Humor, Race

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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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• Growing Greener doesnt produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.

  Ed Rendell

  Space, Growing, Produce

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• 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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• 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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• The grass is always greener over the septic tank.

  Erma Bombeck

  Tanks, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side, Grass Is Always Greener

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

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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 not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.

  Robert Fulghum

  Water, Care, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side

  Robert Fulghum (2010). “It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It”, p.160, Ivy Books

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• And I'd like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it's just as hard to cut.

  Little Richard

  Fake People, Believe, Cutting

  FaceBook post by Little Richard from Jan 03, 2016

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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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• Even if you think the grass is greener on the other side, you’re going to have to mow that side too.

  Joyce Meyer

  Thinking, Grass Is Greener On The Other Side, Sides

  Twitter post from Sep 19, 2012

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• Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener.

  Patrick Ewing

  Thinking, Grass, Grass Is Always Greener

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• A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Rain, Shade, Walden Pond

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.324, Penguin

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• A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten . . .

  Mary E. Pearson

  Rain, Shade, Walden Pond

  Mary E. Pearson (2014). “The Jenna Fox Chronicles”, p.51, Macmillan

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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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• Our green valleys will be greener once we fully grasp the infinite vitality of the green!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Vitality, Valleys, Green

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• The beauty of love. The love of beauty. The greener you are, the wiser you will be.

  Bob Marley

  Wiser You, Wiser

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• A meter of green is greener than a centimeter.

  Paul Gauguin

  Green, Meter

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• When it comes to your marriage, if the grass looks greener somewhere else, it's time to water your own yard!

  Craig Groeschel

  Somewhere Else, Water, Yards

  Twitter post from Apr 10, 2012

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• The terrain is thinner, the vegetation is greener, that's a good sign we're getting close to the coast.

  Joe Teti

  Survival, Coast, Terrain

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• I’ve talked to guys who have played for the Phillies and gone on to other organizations and the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

  Chase Utley

  Organization, Guy, Gone

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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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