Shovels Quotes

“Leaders don't pray to God to fill their potholes. They ask God for shovels so they can do it by His grace. Pray practically.”

“My view on writers? We all have the same shovels, but never dig in the same places or to the exact same depth”

“Shovels aren't very glamorous, but they've been liberating entire communities from malaria for the past 5,000 years.”

“Faith doesn't move mountains, but people with faith - and shovels - will move mountains in order to defend their faith.”

“Why has he taken this job?... For the sake of the dogs? But the dogs are dead; and what do dogs know of honour and dishonour anyway? For himself then. For his idea of the world, a world in which men do not use shovels to beat corpses into a more convenient shape for processing.”

“In the time that we're here today, more women and children will die violently in the Darfur region than in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel or Lebanon. So, after September 30, you won't need the UN - you will simply need men with shovels and bleached white linen and headstones.”