Henry David Thoreau Quote: To one who habitually endeavor...

To one who habitually endeavors to contemplate the true state of things, the political state can hardly be said to have any existence whatever. It is unreal, incredible, and insignificant to him, and for him to endeavor to extract the truth from such lean material is like making sugar from linen rags, when sugar-cane may be had.

- Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

- Chi Chi Rodriguez

Playing golf is not hot work. Cutting sugar cane for a dollar a day – that’s hot work. Hotter than my first wrist watch.

Topic(s): Firsts , Cutting , Watches , Golf , Hot , Dollars , Sugar , Wrists , Playing Golf , Hotter , Wrist Watches , Sugar Cane More...

- Diane Abbott

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

Topic(s): Cutting , Products , Backgrounds , Owners , Sugar , Plantations , Sugar Cane More...

- Charlie Chaplin

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.