--- title: "1 Plants Present Quotes By Hope Jahren" description: "1 Plants Present quotes by Hope Jahren. Plus more from Hope Jahren and more Plants Present sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/hope-jahren-4468_flower_i-think-plants-present-an-opportunity-fo_3139718.jpg" --- > [I think plants present an opportunity for people to look closely at something and get invested in something that's truly very much outside of themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/i-think-plants-present-an-opportunity-for-people-to-look-closely-at/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/hope-jahren-4468_flower_i-think-plants-present-an-opportunity-fo_3139718.jpg) ## More by Hope Jahren > [A tree's wood is also its memoir.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/a-tree-s-wood-is-also-its-memoir/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [“You and I are going to work our asses off, teach them shit over and over, risk our fucking lives for them, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/you-and-i-are-going-to-work-our-asses-off-teach-them-shit-over-and/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [Men and women study things differently, and it's not because of our chromosomes. It's a product of our cultural conditioning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/men-and-women-study-things-differently-and-it-s-not-because-of-our/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [One thing that was very important to me was that I felt comfortable in the lab from being very, very small. I knew that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/one-thing-that-was-very-important-to-me-was-that-i-felt-comfortable/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [If every seed turned into a plant, we'd be living in a very different world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/if-every-seed-turned-into-a-plant-we-d-be-living-in-a-very-different/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [The live oak can grow sturdily on the hottest hills of central California, contrasting dark green against the golden grass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/the-live-oak-can-grow-sturdily-on-the-hottest-hills-of-central/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [I grew up playing with kids who were the kids of people my parents grew up playing with, and they know me like nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/i-grew-up-playing-with-kids-who-were-the-kids-of-people-my-parents/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [The world breaks a little bit every time we cut down a tree. It's so much easier to cut one down than to grow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/the-world-breaks-a-little-bit-every-time-we-cut-down-a-tree-it-s-so/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [For a tree, to endure four months of daylight is like you or I going without sleep for four months.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/for-a-tree-to-endure-four-months-of-daylight-is-like-you-or-i-going/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [I feel like I'm the same scientist I was back when I couldn't get a grant. Now I'm that same person thinking that same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/i-feel-like-i-m-the-same-scientist-i-was-back-when-i-couldn-t-get-a/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [Plants are decisive to a fault. A stem produces a bud that flowers once and once only. It offers pollen that is either dispersed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/plants-are-decisive-to-a-fault-a-stem-produces-a-bud-that-flowers/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [Even a very little girl can wield a slide rule, the cursor serving as a haft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/even-a-very-little-girl-can-wield-a-slide-rule-the-cursor-serving-as/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [“People will tell you that you have to know math to be a scientist, or physics or chemistry. They’re wrong. That’s like saying you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/people-will-tell-you-that-you-have-to-know-math-to-be-a-scientist-or/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [No matter how much funding I get, I'm always thinking, 'This is temporary. This is fragile. It could all end tomorrow, and how am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/no-matter-how-much-funding-i-get-i-m-always-thinking-this-is/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) > [“Everybody does all kinds of shit that they don’t know why they do. They just know that they have to,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/everybody-does-all-kinds-of-shit-that-they-don-t-know-why-they-do/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plants-present/hope-jahren/#itemlist", "name": "1 Plants Present Quotes By Hope Jahren", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think plants present an opportunity for people to look closely at something and get invested in something that's truly very much outside of themselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hope Jahren" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/i-think-plants-present-an-opportunity-for-people-to-look-closely-at/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/hope-jahren-4468_flower_i-think-plants-present-an-opportunity-fo_3139718.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/hope-jahren-4468_flower_i-think-plants-present-an-opportunity-fo_3139718.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/hope-jahren-4468_flower_i-think-plants-present-an-opportunity-fo_3139718.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think plants present an opportunity for people to look closely at something and get invested in something…” — Hope Jahren", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plants-present/hope-jahren/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plants-present/hope-jahren/", "name": "Plants Present Quotes by Hope Jahren", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plants-present/hope-jahren/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/hope-jahren-4468_flower_i-think-plants-present-an-opportunity-fo_3139718.jpg" }, "description": "1 Plants Present quotes by Hope Jahren. 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