Quotes about raking (12 Quotes)


    The first real terror struck him then, and there was nothing supernatural about it. It was only a realization of how easy it was to trash your life. That was what was so scary. You just dragged the fan up to everything you had spent the years raking together and turned the motherfucker on.

    There were a lot of days I saw that man over there with the sweat just dripping off of him as he was hand raking. This guy didn't get on a tractor, buddy. He hand raked those fields and got them ready. What dedication and what commitment and to go so unnoticed.

    His spring performance bears him out. Dye was one of Oakland's most impressive hitters during camp, driving the ball with his old authority. He's raking, ... He's got that confident look in his eye again.


    Not only are they raking it up, they are raking it towards the tee, so every ball that goes in there is into the grain, ... You can't control your shot and you can't normally get to the greens. You either hit it down the middle or you bomb it in the gallery over there where it's stomped down.




    We really think the attendance should be up this year. Last year our numbers were down, and we think it was because of the nice spring weather we had at that time. People didn't seem to want to be cooped up indoors. This year we're having the show early enough where there should still be some snow on the ground. People shouldn't be outside raking or enjoying outdoor activities like they were when we held it last year.

    I would guess we got 20 to 24 inches at least. I'm sure we got a couple of feet. Sunday afternoon I was outside raking, picking up branches. Woke up Monday morning and the sidewalk was bare.

    It came to me during the storms in July, while I was watching these big breakers crashing on the beach, the image of a big horse raking at the coast.





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