I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden. – John Erskine
Theres a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me. – John Erskine
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. – John Erskine
Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline. – John Erskine
By the time one is eighty, it is said, there is no longer a tug of war in the garden with the May flowers hauling like mad against the claims of the other months. All is at last in balance and all is serene. The gardener is usually dead, of course. – Henry Mitchell, The Essential Earthman, 1981