A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then…

Oh," he said to Kiyo, voice completely devoid of emotion. "I see. It's your turn again.

— Richelle Mead

It might seem that this knowledge is cold, devoid of emotion, empty. This is another illusion.

— Frederick Lenz

I wanted to design a chair which looked like a shrub pruned to look like a chair.

— Richard Schultz

Time is an amazing enigma in which seeds that were planted can turn into a vibrant garden if properly pruned.

— Alyssa Milano

“A child is like an unruly tree—in order to grow up straight, he must be pruned. ‘Raise up a child in the way he…

— Sam Torode

Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers of theory…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Ineffective or weak brain connections are pruned in much the same way a gardener would prune a tree or bush, giving the plant a…

— Alison Gopnik

“Bryn’s back was to me, auburn hair pulled up in the usual sloppy-romantic twist. Soft murmurs came from her as she gently pruned dead…

— Kelly Gay

“I had never realized before how quickly men deteriorate without razors and clean shirts. They are like potted plants that go to weed unless…

— Beryl Markham

“Pruned my subconscious. Discovered new shoots.”

— Sally Jo Martine

As the most generous vine, if it is not pruned, runs out into many superfluous stems, and grows at last weak and fruitless; so…

— Joseph Hall

“A whole section of the family tree is pruned and primped and assessed as I politely sit there. Overall, I detect that the tree…

— Padgett Powell

“But then he would come home...and he would feel a strange sensation, like his feet growing heavy. It was as if he was sinking…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“Oh oak tree, how they have pruned you. Now you stand odd and strangely shaped! You were hacked a hundred times until you had…

— Hermann Hesse

Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson