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Quotes About Outdoors

well-tended lawn. The swings and slide
~ Cathy McDavid
Her gardens, in particular, are highly regarded.
~ Geraldine Brooks
They're more fun outside your head than in, Campbell.
~ Giles Foden
Mama worked outside the home — in the garden.
~ Glenn Beck
The only time I ever went hunting I remembered it as a grisly experience.
~ Gloria Swanson
Frazz: The Scandinavians say there's no bad weather, just bad clothing... And they would know. Girl: I want to live where there's no bad weather, just bad sunscreen.
~ Jef Mallett, Frazz, 2014
Long-continued practice is necessary to make any one a first-rate player at Battle-door and Shuttle-cock. As this game is an extremely noisy one, it ought never to be played near any one who is sick or happens to be subject to headaches. Like many other games, it is more agreeable when played in the open air.
~ Riddles and Rhymes, 1893
The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter... It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.
~ Henry David Thoreau
I married a woman who loves to camp, and I am what you would call "indoorsy"... My wife always brings up, "Camping's a tradition in my family." Hey, it was a tradition in everyone's family 'til we came up with the house.
~ Jim Gaffigan
Camping: The art of getting closer to nature while getting farther away from the nearest cold beverage, hot shower, and flush toilet.
~ Author Unknown
When using a public campground, a tuba placed on your picnic table will keep the campsites on either side vacant.
~ Author Unknown
I played as much golf as I could in North Dakota, but summer up there is pretty short. It usually falls on a Tuesday.
~ Mike Morley
ANGLER: A man who spends rainy days sitting round on the muddy banks of rivers doing nothing because his wife won't let him do it at home.
~ Author Unknown
Gone fishin' — Be back at dark-thirty!
~ Author Unknown
Golf is just a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic.
~ Fran Allison, 1950s
Gone golfin' — be back at dark thirty.
~ Golf saying
Leaf-blowers: Loudly making yardwork someone else's problem since the 1960s.
~ Christopher Patrick, 2017
Think of raking leaves as Mother Nature's way of getting you in shape for shoveling snow.
~ John Wagner
nothing that crawls the earth is for my sport.
~ James Fenimore Cooper
We hunt in Florida, where I live in Jay. I hunt in Alabama a little bit, on my uncle's land. I go to Illinois and hunt with some friends up there. I hunt in Mississippi and Missouri.
~ Boo Weekley
When I think about it, I do start to worry about this whole social media thing. It does make me uncomfortable; kids should be out, living their lives, getting out and enjoying themselves.
~ Liam Payne
I do wear gloves for things that sting a lot or prick a lot. But I just like to feel with my hands. I find gloves cumbersome and uncomfortable and I've got tough old hands so the old cut doesn't matter.
~ Monty Don
I always remember my mom saying she wanted a son, so I basically filled that position, like, being outside and always having dirt underneath my nails. I was never afraid of getting dirty and grimy.
~ Joan Smalls
I promise you, your hotel room is going to be no more comfortable than my RV. And I'm going to tell you, you might prefer my RV. I swear to God, it's really that comfortable. Awnings outside, and if you want to cook outside, a tailgate kind of thing. There's a fridge that's underneath and comes outside. It's beautiful.
~ Joe Maddon