Quotes about Fodder

Jefferson Davis

Let fields be devoted exclusively to the production of corn, oats, beans, peas, potatoes, and other food for man and beast; let corn be sown broadcast for fodder... and let all your efforts be directed to the prompt supply of these articles in the districts where our armies are operating.

Historically, this quotation shows the desperate condition of the 1863 food supply in the Confederacy. The most profitable crops were cotton and tobacco. However, Davis and other Southern leaders had to urge patriotic Southerners to abandon those crops in favor of foodstuffs and fodder for the military and their horses. Some did but many did not.

Ryan Holiday

I have a pet goat.

Arab Proverb

Pasture comes before prayer.

The Bedouin live by their flocks without which they have little material existence.

Debra Messing

You can see with the proliferation of magazines, you know, that just focus entirely on that. So it just - it seems like there (was) a lot of fodder and a lot of stories and fun things to poke fun at and highlight.

Harper Reed

Books have literally powered most of my life. Whether as a stress relief when doing hard things or as vacation fodder, they are a constant and important part of my life.

Bob Newhart

You never know when you'll come upon something and it's going to be fodder for new material.

James Whitcomb Riley

I don't know how to tell it--but ef such a thing could be
As the angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me--
I'd want to 'ccommodate 'em--all the whole-in-durin' flock--
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

Marvin Harris

Pigs eat grass if they are very hungry, but they can't use it as a regular source of food.

Fodder Quotes