
“Mowing your lawn is against nature.”
Responding to Reverend Lou Sheldon insisting on homosexuality being against the very force of nature, Bill Maher's talk show Politically Incorrect, August 2001
The quote "Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing…" is famous quote attributed to Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), American writer.
Sometimes credited to Jack Kerouac, from his book The Dharma Bums. It is not a quote by Kerouac. It first appeared as a very brief description of The Dharma Bums in Esquire's list of "The 80 Best Books Every Man Should Read" in 2010: http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g96/80-books/?slide=71. It was later copied by Kilburn Hall in his list of 30 "Books and Authors Every Man Should Read" which he first posted online in 2012: https://kilburnhall.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/the-books-and-authors-every-man-should-read/
Misattributed
“Mowing your lawn is against nature.”
Responding to Reverend Lou Sheldon insisting on homosexuality being against the very force of nature, Bill Maher's talk show Politically Incorrect, August 2001
Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society
“Death is a process as straightforward as mowing a lawn.”
Source: The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide (2004), P. 188.
“My bodyguard was mowing the lawn in a pink bikini when the body fell from the sky.”
Source: Dead Over Heels
“Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.”
Commencement Speech at University of Southern California http://graduationwisdom.com/speeches/0067-schwarzenegger.htm (May 2009).
2000s
To the Unknown Lady Who Wrote the Letters Found In the Hatbox
Night Light (1967)
“It's not a hill it's a mountain, as you start out the climb”
I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Lyrics, No Line On The Horizon (2009)