“I always had two or three jobs at the same time. I started doing yard work when I was 7 or 8. When I was 13, I got my first state job doing road construction. Between working, sports and school, I hardly ever had free time.” FirstsTwoStatesSchoolJobsThreeSportsConstructionYardsFree TimeYard Work Author:Breaux Greer
“Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.” WritingFirstsHouseTalkingPressureOpeningYardsUpstairs Book:Selected Letters Source: Selected Letters
“I arrived at my hut in Beverly Hills just in time to keep real estate men from plotting off and selling my front yard. They will sell you anything or anybody's in the world as long as they can get a first payment... It used to be only Iowa that was out here but now they have three or four adjoining states interested and they are here, too. Real estate agents - you never saw as many in your life; they are as thick as bootleggers.” MenWorldFirstsLongRealStatesUsedThreeSawsFourFrontsSellsSellingUsed To BeAgentsHillsThickEstatesYardsPaymentIowaHutsBeverly HillsEstate AgentsToo Real Author:Will Rogers