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“I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that ... I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them and the study of nature.”
Source : Abraham Cowley, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Abraham Cowley”, p.152
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“"We may talk what we please," he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, "of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles, in fields d'or or d'argent; but, if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms."”
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“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.”
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“Go to the meadows, go to the garden, go to the woods. Open your eyes!”
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“A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden.”
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“The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.”
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“Sometimes just to touch the ground is enough for me, even if not a single thing grows from what I plant.”
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“I am proud of all of the products in the Ed Hardy family.”
Source : Interview with Andrew Cliver, www.askmen.com. 
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“When it comes to do or die situations, Matt Hardy will not die.”
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“I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself.”
