# Quote — John Wyndham, The Outward Urge

> "There is many a flower which would not be growing if the dung had not happened to fall where it did."

- Author: [John Wyndham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham.md)
- Book: [The Outward Urge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-outward-urge.md)
- Page: 51
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Wyndham#The_Outward_Urge_(1961)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-outward-urge/there-is-many

## More from this book

> One got tired, and not infrequently a little stupid, by the end of a shift.

p. 22 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-outward-urge/one-got-tired.md)

> He listened closely, and nodded several times, though not always where a nod seemed appropriate.

p. 111 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-outward-urge/he-listened-closely.md)

> The Americans had got into the habit of regarding the moon as a piece of U.S.-bespoken real estate that they would get around to developing when they were ready.

p. 64 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-outward-urge/the-americans-had.md)