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Bushes Quotes

Blackberry brambles, rose gardens, and one famous surname.

This collection ranges from childhood memories of blackberry bushes along a railway track to the literal, sweaty work of watering rose bushes for a dollar an hour. One entry also plays on the Bush surname in a very different register. Discover more in Amazing quotes.

I've had those periods in my career when I was sitting around waiting for a phone call and had an agent who was doing the same thing rather than going out there to shake the bushes looking for a job...

Quotes by Sam Elliott

I feel like I am campaigning door to door. You just can't step out of a band like Brooks & Dunn and assume that it is just going to be business as usual. You have to work it. It does...

Quotes by Ronnie Dunn

Lots of hardworking, blue-collar people across America have lost their jobs since the 1990s - victims of the globalist policies of the Bushes and Clintons.

Quotes by Roger Stone

Anyway, so what he did was, he spread sheets for 100 yards and underneath them he'd put things so there were bumps and different levels and on top he'd put little bushes and if you didn't look to close, it...

Quotes by Rod Steiger

Abbey Quotes

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.

Quotes by Portia de Rossi

I wish there were more, if there if there were more George H.W. Bushes in the world, we'd be, we'd have a lot more harmony, a lot more freedom, a lot more peace on earth, and I'm just so proud...

Quotes by Neil Bush

As a child, I loved being outdoors. Our house had a railway track going past it. Of course, Mum told us not to go near it and, of course, we did. There were amazing blackberry bushes growing all along it,...

Quotes by Nadiya Hussain

I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour.

Quotes by John Grisham

There are so many ways to make a living that don't involve hiding in bushes opposite houses of 18-year-old girls with a camera in your hand.

Quotes by Jamie Dornan

Always Quotes

I remember wearing overcoats, hiding in the bushes outside of Abbey Road Studios, waiting for the traffic to clear. As it did, we would drop our overcoats and run out on to the cross walk and strike our poses.

Quotes by Jack Irons

When you get into the public eye, one day, you're kind of unknown, and the next day, you have people in your bushes waiting to take a picture of you.

Quotes by Gena Lee Nolin

The Bushes were certainly part of Texas in their mind, but they didn't have the kind of political flavor that you normally find in Texas politicians. It's just Texas is such a unique place to itself that politically, at least...

Quotes by Gail Collins

I'm not usually the guy who has people hiding in his bushes and saying, 'Will you love me forever and ever?'

Quotes by Doug Jones

It's crazy enough to be the person crawling through the bushes in Northern Ireland with a telescopic lens taking pictures - there are crazy people out there. But the idea that people want to go to sites and find out...

Quotes by David Benioff

Amazing Quotes

People really think that the only way I got to be press secretary is because I somehow had a personal family connection to the Bushes or the Cheneys, and that wasn't true.

Quotes by Dana Perino

Everybody thinks the Bushes are from Texas. I've been there twice.

Quotes by Billy Bush

Golf isn't just about hitting a lot of drivers. I grew up playing on my front lawn, chipping and putting into soup cans, out of the ivy and over rose bushes and hedges - the little Alcott Golf and Country...

Quotes by Amy Alcott

I'm always followed by two or three cars and have police around. Even walking in the park, you see them taking photos behind the bushes and trying to videotape everything.

Quotes by Ai Weiwei

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this bushes quotes page cover?
It spans childhood memories of blackberry bushes, an early paid job watering rose bushes, and a metaphor about having to shake the bushes to find work.
Is there a quote about an early job involving bushes?
Yes, one quote describes earning a first steady paycheck tending rose bushes at a plant nursery for a dollar an hour, a small but formative detail.
Does any quote here reference the Bush family?
One quote wishes there were more people like George H.W. Bush in the world, tying the surname to a wish for more harmony and peace.
What does 'shake the bushes' mean in one of these quotes?
It's used as a metaphor for actively chasing down job opportunities rather than waiting passively for a phone call, a contrast to sitting around with an idle agent.
What's a good next collection to browse?
Try Abbey quotes for more reflective, place-rooted memories.

Between nostalgia, early jobs, and the persistence needed to chase down opportunities, these quotes show how much ground the word 'bushes' can cover. Continue with America quotes for related themes.