--- title: "11 Man Tree Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Man Tree quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Man Tree sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_best-friend_the-best-friend-of-earth-of-man-is-the-t_2222017.jpg" --- > [The best friend of earth of man is the tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-best-friend-of-earth-of-man-is-the-tree/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_best-friend_the-best-friend-of-earth-of-man-is-the-t_2222017.jpg) > [“Really? You actually told him that pasta came from a man-made tree?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-filloon/really-you-actually-told-him-that-pasta-came-from-a-man-made-tree/) [L. Filloon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-filloon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/l-filloon-45784_trees_really-you-actually-told-him-that-pasta_1698302.jpg) > [Wherever you turn your eye—except in science—an Oxford man is at the top of the tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/wherever-you-turn-your-eye-except-in-science-an-oxford-man-is-at-the/) [Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/992/cecil-rhodes-17121_eye_wherever-you-turn-your-eye-except-in-sci_2807245.jpg) > [“I needed a man with Tree Trunk Feet... Shallow roots would never do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfa-h/i-needed-a-man-with-tree-trunk-feet-shallow-roots-would-never-do/) [Alfa H](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfa-h/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/alfa-h-4410_life_i-needed-a-man-with-tree-trunk-feet-shal_955295.jpg) > [I think that I shall never scan A tree as lovely as a man. . . . . A tree depicts divinest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/i-think-that-i-shall-never-scan-a-tree-as-lovely-as-a-man-a-tree/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/joyce-kilmer-25268_lovely_i-think-that-i-shall-never-scan-a-tree-a_1780698.jpg) > [Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-waite/behind-the-man-is-the-tree-of-life-bearing-twelve-fruits-and-the-tree/) [A. E. Waite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-waite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/a-e-waite-35445_behinds_behind-the-man-is-the-tree-of-life-beari_1772641.png) > [By itself photography cannot deal with the unseen, the remote, the internal, the abstract, it does not speak of Man, only of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-postman/by-itself-photography-cannot-deal-with-the-unseen-the-remote-the/) [Neil Postman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-postman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/neil-postman-1598_abstract_by-itself-photography-cannot-deal-with-t_281345.jpg) > [But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeketh to rise into the height and light,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/but-it-is-the-same-with-man-as-with-the-tree-the-more-he-seeketh-to/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/friedrich-nietzsche-15_dark_but-it-is-the-same-with-man-as-with-the_2903071.jpg) > [“Give a man a tree and he will make it into a boat; give him a leaf and he will curve it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-bilton/give-a-man-a-tree-and-he-will-make-it-into-a-boat-give-him-a-leaf-and/) [Nick Bilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-bilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/nick-bilton-17564_drink-water_give-a-man-a-tree-and-he-will-make-it-in_1583037.jpg) > [But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/but-it-is-the-same-with-man-as-with-the-tree-the-more-he-seeks-to/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/friedrich-nietzsche-15_dark_but-it-is-the-same-with-man-as-with-the_1255656.jpg) > [It was a testament to the resilience of humanity. Give a man a tree and he will make it into a boat;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-bilton/it-was-a-testament-to-the-resilience-of-humanity-give-a-man-a-tree/) [Nick Bilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-bilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/nick-bilton-17564_140-character_it-was-a-testament-to-the-resilience-of_880870.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-tree/#itemlist", "name": "Man Tree Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best friend of earth of man is the tree.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Lloyd Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-best-friend-of-earth-of-man-is-the-tree/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_best-friend_the-best-friend-of-earth-of-man-is-the-t_2222017.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_best-friend_the-best-friend-of-earth-of-man-is-the-t_2222017.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_best-friend_the-best-friend-of-earth-of-man-is-the-t_2222017.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The best friend of earth of man is the tree.” — Frank Lloyd Wright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Really? 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