Digging Quotes

“When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

“One of the greatest evils is the foolishness of a good man. For the giving man to withhold helping someone in order to first assure personal fortification is not selfish, but to elude needless self-destruction; martyrdom is only practical when the thought is to die, else a good man faces the consequence of digging a hole from which he cannot escape, and truly helps no one in the long run.”
― Mike Norton, Just Another War Story

“Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”
― Seamus Heaney, Opened Ground

“To-day I think
Only with scents, - scents dead leaves yield,
And bracken, and wild carrot's seed,
And the square mustard field;

Odours that rise
When the spade wounds the root of tree,
Rose, currant, raspberry, or goutweed,
Rhubarb or celery;

The smoke's smell, too,
Flowing from where a bonfire burns
The dead, the waste, the dangerous,
And all to sweetness turns.

It is enough
To smell, to crumble the dark earth,
While the robin sings over again
Sad songs of Autumn mirth."

- A poem called DIGGING.”
― Edward Thomas, Collected Poems: Edward Thomas

“Every time they saw him, they recognized him and knew him and expected things of him. And every time he came up blank. It was like watching someone digging where they knew they'd buried something precious, digging and digging and realizing that whatever it was--was gone. But they kept digging just the same, because the idea of losing it was so terrible and because maybe.
Maybe.
He was that lost treasure. He was that maybe. And he hated it. That was the secret he was trying to keep from them, the one he was always fearing he would betray.”
― Cassandra Clare, Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy

“I handed my tools. The two of them reached down to help me out of the crater I'd dug. ''Isn't that a little deep?'' Yoda asked. ''It'll help the roots get established,'' I explained. ''Established where? China?”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Twisted

“Everybody dies, but some spend a whole life digging their grave.”
― Shon Mehta, The Timingila

“Men can dig wells, but they can’t create water.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“After digging a thousand wells of my own and stumbling upon a thousand others dug by the hands of thirsty men, I have yet to realize that the only well that can satiate every thirst is the one that men will never dig.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough, Flecks of Gold on a Path of Stone: Simple Truths for Profound Living

“How is digging a hole part of the process of getting out of one? The fact is, the people who can answer that question are so far down some hole that they couldn’t hear the question even if you shouted it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The men dug some way down, I believe they struck the coffin."
"Excellent. We can deal with it now. George here is good with a spade, aren't you George?" "Well I certainly get plenty of practice." George said.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Whispering Skull

“Sometimes I dig holes for people to fall in. Then I shout, “I've got you!”
― Amanda Mosher, Better to be able to love than to be loveable

“The only time you start at the top is when you’re digging a hole.”
― Sam Chand

“I'm in a hole because at some point I found a shovel and started digging. Maybe I should trade my shovels for ladders and start climbing.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Tommy asks where Carolyn is.
"She's at Cindy's."
"They live together now," Salvador added.
"Didn’t they just start dating?" Tommy asked.
Tiger answered, "Yeah... A couple of WEEKS ago."
Unhappy about the news, Tommy objects to Carolyn moving in with Cindy.
"That's how it happens in our WORLD," Salvador said. "One night you MEET, the next night you MOVE IN, and before you KNOW IT- you're digging a GRAVE IN THE BACK YARD FOR YOUR LOVER DURING A FREAK THUNDERSTORM."
"THAT IS HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE," Tommy said.
After Salvador apologizes, Tommy asks how Raven's doing in prison.
"Fucking GREAT." Tiger answered. "How do you THINK?"
"No longer on suicide watch?"
"NO... FUCK..."
"Speaking of fucking. Is he still with BULL DOG?"
"I REALLY don’t wanna TALK about RAVEN right now- AND WHO HE'S FUCKING. Talk about INAPPROPRIATE.”
― Giorge Leedy, Uninhibited From Lust To Love

“Self-leadership is about digging out your hidden endowment and making them known and useful to those who need it most.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder

“Your mind is a gold mine. Dig deep!”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Before You Doubt Yourself: Pep Talks and other Crucial Discussions

“Golddigger' usually refers to a lousy opportunist who manipulates others for selfish interest. However, when digging for gold, you'll realize that there's no lousy manipulation in digging. Gold is not found on the surface. It's buried d-e-e-p down. You gat to dig the digging.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu

“Not every field is worth digging. Preserve your energy and time for worthwhile missions.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“The depth of the hole that we’re in is too often based on the size of our shovel, the frequency with which we use it, and the fact that we’ve yet to discard it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Might I remind us that taking dirt out of the hole that we’re standing in and putting it back in that same hole both requires a similar degree of effort. But not digging it out in the first place may require the greatest effort of all.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Sometimes the gold is not found by those who actively dig for it, but by the lucky few who walk by aimlessly.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, These Words Pour Like Rain

“I went with it and ran, but ended up dragging him until we were too deep in the canyon to find our way out.”
― Dominic Riccitello