Matt Roper Quotes

By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility.

Bullock by name, and Bullock by nature.

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.

Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

I am a bull. I am Taurus. My will is awful. If I like something, there is nothing else. I was a pain in the neck. I still am a pain in the neck.

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.

I'm a Taurus.

My best source of grounding are animals and nature. Animals live more in the moment and don't worry so much! And nature is proof of a greater power than myself. Both put things in perspective, or at least gently move us forward.

As for the complex ways of living, I love them not, however much I practice them. In as many places as possible, I will get my feet down to the earth.

Never give in, never give in, never give in.

I've been surfing for a couple years, in the offseason in California and in Hawaii. I'm not very good, but it's just something that to be out there in the water, no cell phone, no music... very few sports are as pure as that.

Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.

Only spread a fern-frond over a man's head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in.

Allow nature to teach you stillness.

I think people should maybe just go out into the garden and watch a ladybug crawl across a flower and relax their mind. That's about all you need to know about life, I think.

When you walk with naked feet, how can you ever forget the Earth?

You are who you are. I know you. You believe that? "Yea but--" "You're Eve Dallas. You're the love of my life. My heart and Soul. You're a cop, mind and bone. You're a woman of strength and resilience. Stubborn, hardheaded, occassionally mean as a badger, and more generous that you'll admit.

Give me solitude, give me Nature, give me again O Nature your primal sanities!

Morning glory is the best name, it always refreshes me to see it.

I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree; For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade: at least some bird would trust Her household to me, and I should be just.

There's nobody living who couldn't stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall .... Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting. Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it .... as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.

Old pond, frog jumps in - plop.

Beautiful, see the cloud, the cloud appear. Beautiful, see the rain, the rain draw near.